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And this
is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God
blessed the children of Israel before his death.
02 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and
rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from
mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of
saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for
them.
03 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are
in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every
one shall receive of thy words.
04 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance
of the congregation of Jacob.
05 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of
the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered
together.
06 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his
men be few.
07 And this is the blessing of Judah: and he
said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring
him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient
for him; and be thou an help to him from his
enemies.
08 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy
Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove
at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the
waters of Meribah;
09 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I
have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his
brethren, nor knew 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, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
11 Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept the
work of his hands; smite through the loins of
them that rise against him, and of them that hate
him, that they rise not again.
12 And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the
Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord
shall cover him all the day long, and he shall
dwell between his shoulders.
13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be
his land, for the precious things of heaven, for
the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by
the sun, and for the precious things put forth by
the moon,
15 And for the chief things of the ancient
mountains, and for the precious things of the
lasting hills,
16 And for the precious things of the earth and
fulness thereof, and for the good will of him
that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come
upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the
head of him that was separated from his brethren.
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17 His glory is like the firstling of his
bullock, and his horns are like the horns of
unicorns: with them he shall push the people
together to the ends of the earth: and they are
the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the
thousands of Manasseh.
18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in
thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
19 They shall call the people unto the mountain;
there they shall offer sacrifices of
righteousness: for they shall suck of the
abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in
the sand.
20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that
enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth
the arm with the crown of the head.
21 And he provided the first part for himself,
because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was
he seated; and he came with the heads of the
people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and
his judgments with Israel.
22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he
shall leap from Bashan.
23 And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied
with favour, and full with the blessing of the
Lord: possess thou the west and the south.
24 And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed
with children; let him be acceptable to his
brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy
days, so shall thy strength be.
26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun,
who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in
his excellency on the sky.
27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath
are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out
the enemy from before thee; and shall say,
Destroy them.
28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the
fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn
and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto
thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of
thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency!
and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee;
and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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