Deuteronomy 33:1-21 ▼

1 And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before the face of his death,

2 and he said: “YHWH came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir. He shone forth from Mount Paran, and He came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire from His right hand for them.

3 Yes, He loves the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words.

4 Moses commanded a law for us, a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

5 And He was King in Jeshurun, when were gathered the leaders of the people together with the tribes of Israel.

6 Let Reuben live and not die, and let his men be numerable.”

7 And this is for Judah; and he said, “Hear, O YHWH, the voice of Judah, and to his people bring him; let his hands be sufficient for him, and may You be a help against his enemies.”

8 And of Levi he said, “Your Thummim are unto Levi and Your Urim unto Your godly man, whom You tested at Massah, and with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

9 who says of his father and mother, ‘I have not seen them,’ and his brothers he did not acknowledge, and his own sons he did not know; for they have kept Your word, and Your covenant they keep.

10 They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; they shall put incense before You and a whole burnt offering on Your altar.

11 Bless, O YHWH, his substance, and the work of his hands accept. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

12 Of Benjamin he said, “The beloved of YHWH shall dwell in safety in Him, covering him all the day, and between His shoulders He rests.”

13 And of Joseph he said, “Blessed of YHWH is his land with the precious things of the heavens, by dew, and the deep crouching beneath,

14 and with the precious fruits of the sun, and with the precious produce of the months,

15 and with the best things of the ancient mountains, and with the precious things of the everlasting hills,

16 and from the precious things of the earth and its fullness, and the favor of Him who is dwelling in the bush. Let it rest on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of the prince of his brothers.

17 Honor unto him is a firstling of his ox and the horns of the wild ox are his horns; with them he shall push the peoples together to the ends of the earth. And they are the myriads of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

18 And of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar, in your tents.

19 They shall call the peoples to the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness. For they suckle the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hidden in the sand.”

20 And of Gad he said, “Blessed is he who enlarges Gad; as a lion He dwells; and he tears the arm and the crown of the head.

21 And he provided the first for himself because there was reserved a portion of the lawgiver, and He came with the heads of the people. The justice of YHWH He administered, and His ordinances with Israel.”