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Chapter 33 |
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And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the
children of Israel before his death. |
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2 | 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. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Moses commanded
us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. |
| 5 | And he was king in Jeshurun, when the
heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. |
| 6 | Let Reuben live, and not die;
and let not his men be few. |
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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. |
| 8 | 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; |
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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. |
| 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. |
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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 favor, 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
