Deuteronomy 33:1-10 ▼

1 AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the servant of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and shined upon us from Seir; he rose up from mount Paran; he came with ten thousands of saints at his right hand.

3 Yea, he supplied their needs; he also made them to be beloved by the nations; he blessed all his saints; and they followed closely after his feet, every one receiving one of his words.

4 Moses delivered to us a law, and he gave it as an inheritance to the congregation of Jacob.

5 And there shall be a king in Israel, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel are gathered together.

6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let his people be numerous.

7 And this is the blessing of Judah: Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him close to his people; let his hands contend for him, and be thou a help to him from his oppressors.

8 And of Levi he said, Let your consecration and your light be upon the just one whom thou didst prove in trials and whom thou didst test at the waters of Mesotha;

9 Who said of his father and of his mother, I have not seen them; neither did he recognize his brothers nor know his own children; for they have observed thy word and kept thy covenant.

10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law; they shall put incense before thee when thou art angry, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thy altar.