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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2He said, “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4when Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Thus the LORD became king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6“Let Reuben live, and not die, but let his men be few.” |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7And this he said of Judah: “Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him in to his people. With your hands contend for him, and be a help against his adversaries.” |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8And of Levi he said, “Give to Levi your Thummim, and your Urim to your godly one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah; |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothers and ignored his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10They shall teach Jacob your rules and Israel your law; they shall put incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Bless, O LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; crush the loins of his adversaries, of those who hate him, that they rise not again.” |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Of Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the LORD dwells in safety. The High God surrounds him all day long, and dwells between his shoulders.” |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13And of Joseph he said, “Blessed by the LORD be his land, with the choicest gifts of heaven above, and of the deep that crouches beneath, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months, |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15with the finest produce of the ancient mountains and the abundance of the everlasting hills, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwells in the bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17A firstborn bull—he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.” |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18And of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar, in your tents. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19They shall call peoples to their mountain; there they offer right sacrifices; for they draw from the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.” |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20And of Gad he said, “Blessed be he who enlarges Gad! Gad crouches like a lion; he tears off arm and scalp. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21He chose the best of the land for himself, for there a commander’s portion was reserved; and he came with the heads of the people, with Israel he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments for Israel.” |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22And of Dan he said, “Dan is a lion’s cub that leaps from Bashan.” |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23And of Naphtali he said, “O Naphtali, sated with favor, and full of the blessing of the LORD, possess the lake and the south.” |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24And of Asher he said, “Most blessed of sons be Asher; let him be the favorite of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Your bars shall be iron and bronze, and as your days, so shall your strength be. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26“There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy.’ |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28So Israel lived in safety, Jacob lived alone, in a land of grain and wine, whose heavens drop down dew. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Happy 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 upon their backs.” |
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