| Deut. 33:1 |
And this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death. |
| Deut. 33:2 |
And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, / And He dawned upon them from Seir; / He shined forth from Mount Paran, / And He approached from the myriads of holy ones; / From His right hand a fiery law [went] out to them. |
| Deut. 33:3 |
Indeed, He loves the people. / All His saints were in Your hand, / And they sat down at Your feet; / [Everyone] receives of Your words. |
| Deut. 33:4 |
Moses commanded us a law, / A possession of the congregation of Jacob. |
| Deut. 33:5 |
And He was King in Jeshurun, / When the heads of the people gathered themselves, / The tribes of Israel together. |
| Deut. 33:6 |
May Reuben live and not die, / Nor his men be few. |
| Deut. 33:7 |
And this [is the blessing] concerning Judah; and he said, Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah, / And bring him to his people. / With his hands he contended for them; / And may You be a help against his adversaries. |
| Deut. 33:8 |
And concerning Levi he said, May Your Thummim and Urim be with Your faithful man, / Whom You tested at Massah, / [With whom] You contended at the waters of Meribah-- |
| Deut. 33:9 |
He who said of his father and mother, / I do not regard him; / And his brothers he did not acknowledge, / And his children he did not recognize; / For they have kept Your speaking / And have guarded Your covenant. |
| Deut. 33:10 |
They shall show Jacob Your ordinances, / And Israel Your law; / They shall put incense before Your nostrils / And whole [burnt] offerings upon Your altar. |
| Deut. 33:11 |
Bless, O Jehovah, his might, / And the work of his hands accept; / Wound thoroughly the loins of those who rise up against him / And of those who hate him, that they may not rise up [again.] |
| Deut. 33:12 |
Concerning Benjamin he said, The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell securely beside Him; / [Jehovah] shall cover over him all the day, / And He shall dwell between his shoulders. |
| Deut. 33:13 |
And concerning Joseph he said, May his land be blessed of Jehovah / With the choicest things of heaven, with the dew / And with the deep [waters] that couch beneath; |
| Deut. 33:14 |
With the choicest of the crops of the sun, / And with the choicest of the yield of the moons; |
| Deut. 33:15 |
With the top of the ancient mountains, / And with the choicest things of the eternal hills; |
| Deut. 33:16 |
With the choicest things of the earth, and the fullness thereof, / And the favor of Him who dwelt in the thornbush. / May they come upon the head of Joseph, / And upon the top of the head of him who is separated among his brothers. |
| Deut. 33:17 |
[Like] his firstborn ox, he has majesty; / And his horns are the horns of the wild ox; / With them he shall drive peoples / [To] the ends of the earth together. / Those are the ten thousands of Ephraim; / And those the thousands of Manasseh. |
| Deut. 33:18 |
And concerning Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, for your going forth, / And Issachar, for your tents! |
| Deut. 33:19 |
They shall call peoples to the mountain; / There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; / For they shall suck the abundance of the seas / And the hidden treasures of the sand. |
| Deut. 33:20 |
And concerning Gad he said, Blessed be He who enlarges Gad. / He dwells as a lioness, / And tears off the arm, yea, even the top of the head. |
| Deut. 33:21 |
And he provided the first part for himself, / For there the portion of a lawgiver is reserved; / And he came with the heads of the people; / He executed the righteousness of Jehovah / And His judgments with Israel. |
| Deut. 33:22 |
And concerning Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp / That leaps forth from Bashan. |
| Deut. 33:23 |
And concerning Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, / And full of the blessing of Jehovah: / Possess the sea and the south. |
| Deut. 33:24 |
And concerning Asher he said, Blessed be Asher above the sons. / May he be the one favored of his brothers, / And the one dipping his foot in oil. |
| Deut. 33:25 |
Your doorbolts shall be iron and copper; / And as your days are, so shall your strength be. |
| Deut. 33:26 |
There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, / Who rides through the heavens as your help / And in His majesty through the skies. |
| Deut. 33:27 |
The God of old is [your] habitation, / And underneath are eternal arms. / And He drove out the enemy before you / And said, Destroy! |
| Deut. 33:28 |
So Israel dwelt securely, / The fountain of Jacob in solitude, / On a land of grain and new wine; / And the heavens over him drop [their] dew. |
| Deut. 33:29 |
Happy are you, O Israel; who is like you? / A people saved by Jehovah, / The shield of your help / And [He] who is the sword of your majesty! / So your enemies shall come cringing to you, / And you shall tread upon their high places. |