Blessings of Moses on Israel

33 Now[fn] thisis the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites[fn]before[fn] his death.

• 2 Then[fn] he said,“Yahweh came from Sinai,
  • and he dawned upon them from Seir;
  • he shone forth from Mount Paran,
• and he came with myriads of holy ones,
  • at his right hand a fiery law for them.[fn]
  • 3 [fn][fn] all the holy ones were in your hand,
• and they bowed down to[fn] your feet,
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  • 4  as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
  • 5 then a king arose in Jeshurun, at the gathering of the leaders of the people,
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  • 6 [fn]
• 7 [fn] “Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah,
  • and bring him to his people;
• his own hands strive[fn] for him,
  • and may you be a help[fn] his foes.”
  • 8  “Your Thummim and your Urim
• are for[fn]
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• you contended with him
  • at the waters of Meribah.
  • 9 one saying of his father and of his mother, ‘I have not regarded them,’
• and his brothers he did not acknowledge,
  • and his children[fn] he did not know,
• but rather they observed your word,
  • and your covenant they kept.
  • 10 [fn] your regulations to Jacob, and your law to Israel;
• they placed incense smoke[fn]
  • and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
  • 11  and with the work of his hands you must be pleased;
• smite the loins of those who attack him,
  • and those hating him,[fn]
• 12  “The beloved of Yahweh dwells[fn]
  • the Most High[fn] shields all around him,
• all the day,
  • and between his shoulders he dwells.”
  • 13  “Blessed by Yahweh is his land,
• with[fn] the choice things of heaven,
  • with[fn] dew, and with[fn] the deep lying down beneath,
  • 14 [fn] the choice things of the fruits[fn] of thethe sun, and with the choice things of the yield of the[fn]
  • 15 [fn] the finest things of the ancient mountains, and with[fn] the choice things of the[fn]
  • 16 [fn] the choice things of the earth and its fullness, and the favor of the one[fn] in the bush.[fn]
• Let them come to the head of Joseph,
  • and to the crown of the prince among his brothers.
  • 17 As the firstborn of his ox, majesty[fn] and his horns are the horns of a wild ox;
• with them he drives people together,[fn]
  • and they are the myriads of Ephraim,
  • and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”
• 18  “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
  • and rejoice, Issachar, in your tents;
  • 19 to the mountains;[fn]there they sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness,
• because the affluence of the seas they suck out,
  • and[fn]
  • 20  “Blessed be[fn]
• like a lion he dwells,
  • and he tears an arm as well as a scalp.
  • 21 [fn] the best part for himself,[fn] for there the portion of a ruler is included,
• and he came with the heads of the people;[fn]
  • he did[fn] the righteousness of Yahweh,
  • and his regulations for Israel.”
• 22  “Dan is a cub of a lion;
  • he leaps from Bashan.”[fn]
• 23  “Oh, Naphtali, sated of favor,
  • and full of the blessing of Yahweh;
• take possession of the lake,
  • and the land to the south.”
  • 24  “Blessed[fn] is Asher;
• [fn] of his brothers,
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  • 25 are[fn] iron and bronze,and as your days, so is[fn] your strength.”
  • 26 one like God, O, Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help,
  • and with his majesty through the skies.
  • 27 [fn] is a hiding place, and underneath are the arms of eternity,[fn]
• and he drove out[fn] you your enemy,
  • and he said, ‘Destroy them!’
  • 28 and carefree, the spring of Jacob in a land of grain and wine;
  • his heavens even drip dew.
  • 29 are you, O Israel. Who is like you, a people who is saved by Yahweh,
• the shield of your help,
  • and who is the sword of your triumph,
• and your enemies, they shall fawn before you,[fn]
  • and you shall tread on their backs.”