33This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before his death.H1293H4872H376H430H1288H1121H3478H6440H41942He said: The LORD came from Sinai, and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran. With him were myriads of holy ones; at his right, a host of his own.H559H3068H935H5514H2224H8165H3313H2022H6290H857H7233H6944H3225H799H784H18813Indeed, O favorite among peoples, all his holy ones were in your charge; they marched at your heels, accepted direction from you.H637H2245H5971H6918H3027H8497H7272H5375H17034Moses charged us with the law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.H4872H6680H8451H4181H6952H32905There arose a king in Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled—the united tribes of Israel.H4428H3484H7218H5971H7626H3478H622H31626May Reuben live, and not die out, even though his numbers are few.H7205H2421H4191H4962H45577And this he said of Judah: O LORD, give heed to Judah, and bring him to his people; strengthen his hands for him, and be a help against his adversaries.H3063H559H8085H3068H6963H3063H935H5971H3027H7227H5828H68628And of Levi he said: Give to Levi your Thummim, and your Urim to your loyal one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah;H3878H559H8550H224H2623H376H5254H4532H7378H4325H48099who said of his father and mother, "I regard them not"; he ignored his kin, and did not acknowledge his children. For they observed your word, and kept your covenant.H559H1H517H7200H5234H251H3045H1121H8104H565H5341H128510They teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law; they place incense before you, and whole burnt offerings on your altar.H3384H3290H4941H3478H8451H7760H6988H639H3632H419611Bless, O LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; crush the loins of his adversaries, of those that hate him, so that they do not rise again.H1288H3068H2428H7521H6467H3027H4272H4975H6965H8130H6965H4480H696512Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD rests in safety—the High God surrounds him all day long—the beloved rests between his shoulders.H1144H559H3039H3068H7931H983H2653H3117H7931H380213And of Joseph he said: Blessed by the LORD be his land, with the choice gifts of heaven above, and of the deep that lies beneath;H3130H559H1288H3068H776H4022H8064H2919H8415H725714with the choice fruits of the sun, and the rich yield of the months;H4022H8393H8121H4022H1645H339115with the finest produce of the ancient mountains, and the abundance of the everlasting hills;H7218H6924H2042H4022H5769H138916with the choice gifts of the earth and its fullness, and the favor of the one who dwells on Sinai. Let these come on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among his brothers.H4022H776H4393H7522H7931H5572H935H7218H3130H6936H5139H25117A firstborn bull—majesty is his! His horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he gores the peoples, driving them to the ends of the earth; such are the myriads of Ephraim, such the thousands of Manasseh.H1926H1060H7794H7161H7161H7214H5055H5971H3162H657H776H7233H669H505H451918And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and Issachar, in your tents.H2074H559H8055H2074H3318H3485H16819They call peoples to the mountain; there they offer the right sacrifices; for they suck the affluence of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.H7121H5971H2022H2076H2077H6664H3243H8228H3220H8226H2934H234420And of Gad he said: Blessed be the enlargement of Gad! Gad lives like a lion; he tears at arm and scalp.H1410H559H1288H7337H1410H7931H3833H2963H2220H637H693621He chose the best for himself, for there a commander's allotment was reserved; he came at the head of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his ordinances for Israel.H7200H7225H2513H2710H5603H857H7218H5971H6213H6666H3068H4941H347822And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp that leaps forth from Bashan.H1835H559H1835H738H1482H2187H131623And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, sated with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD, possess the west and the south.H5321H559H5321H7649H7522H4392H1293H3068H3423H3220H186424And of Asher he said: Most blessed of sons be Asher; may he be the favorite of his brothers, and may he dip his foot in oil.H836H559H836H1288H1121H7521H251H2881H7272H808125Your bars are iron and bronze; and as your days, so is your strength.H4515H1270H5178H3117H167926There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, majestic through the skies.H410H3484H7392H8064H5828H1346H783427He subdues the ancient gods, shatters the forces of old; he drove out the enemy before you, and said, "Destroy!"H6924H430H4585H5769H2220H1644H341H6440H559H804528So Israel lives in safety, untroubled is Jacob's abode in a land of grain and wine, where the heavens drop down dew.H3478H7931H983H910H5869H3290H776H1715H8492H8064H6201H291929Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread on their backs.H835H3478H5971H3467H3068H4043H5828H2719H1346H341H3584H1869H1116
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