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And this is the blessing with which Moses the man◦ of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.
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And he said, Jehovah came from Sinai, and rose◦ from Seir to them; He shone··forth from Mount Paran, and He came◦ with a myriad of the holy ones; from His right··hand went a fire··of··law for them;
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Yea, He loves◦ the peoples. All His holy ones are in Thy hand, and they were prostrated◦ at Thy feet; every one shall receive* of Thy words◦.*
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Moses commanded us a law, even the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
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And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes◦ of Israel were gathered together.
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Let Reuben live, and not die; but his mortals will be few in number*.
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And this is the blessing for Judah; and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people: let his hands be many for him; and be Thou a help to him from his adversaries.
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And for Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thine Urim be with thy merciful* Man◦, whom thou didst tempt at Massah*, and with whom thou didst strive by◦ the waters of Meribah*;
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who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him*; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his sons; for they have kept what· Thou ·sayest, and observed Thy covenant.
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They shall instruct Jacob in Thy judgments, and Israel in Thy law; they shall set incense into Thy nose, and a whole··burnt··offering on Thine altar.
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Jehovah, bless his force, and be··well··pleased with the work of his hands; strike◦ the loins of those who rise··up against him and hate him, so that they rise· not ·up again.
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For Benjamin he said, The beloved of Jehovah shall abide◦ securely in Him; He shall cover· him ·over all the day, and between His shoulders◦ he shall abide◦.
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And for Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, for the precious··things of the heavens, for the dew, and for the abyss that coucheth beneath,
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and for the precious··things of increase from the sun, and for the precious··things produced by the months◦,
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and for the beginnings◦ of the ancient mountains, and for the precious··things of the eternal hills,
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and for the precious··things of the earth and her fullness, and for the good··pleasure of Him who inhabits the bramble; let it come to the head of Joseph, and to the top··of··the··head of the Nazarite* of his brothers.
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The firstborn of his ox is honor for him, and horns of the unicorn are his horns; with them he shall charge··at the peoples as··one to the ends◦ of the earth; and they are the myriads of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
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And for Zebulun he said, Be··glad, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
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They shall call the peoples into the mountain; there they shall sacrifice sacrifices of justice; for they shall nurse on the abundance of the seas, and on a cache concealed by the sand.
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And for Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlarges Gad; he abides◦ as an old··lion, and tears the arm, yea, the top··of··the··head.
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And he saw the first··parts for himself, because there was a part of the hidden* lawgiver, and thus came the heads of the people; he did the justice of Jehovah, and His judgments with Israel.
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And for Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp; he shall pounce from Bashan.
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And for Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satiated with good··pleasure, and full with the blessing of Jehovah; possess thou the west◦ and the south▵.
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And for Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with sons; let him be well··pleasing to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.
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Thy shoe shall be iron and bronze; and as thy days, so shall be thy renown.
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There is none like to the God◦ of Jeshurun, who rides upon the heavens in thy help, and in His excellence on the higher··clouds.
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The ancient God is thine abode▵, and beneath are the eternal arms; and He shall drive··out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Blot· them ·out.
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And Israel shall securely inhabit alone; the fount of Jacob shall be upon a land of grain and must*; also his heavens shall drip dew.
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Happy art thou, O Israel; who is like▵ to thee, O people saved by Jehovah, the Shield of thy help, and He who is the Sword of thine excellence! and thine enemies to thee shall be denied, and thou◦ shalt tread on their high··places.
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