Deuteronomy 33

¹And this is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the children of Israel before his death.

²And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and dawned upon them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran, and came from ten thousands of holy ones. From his right hand a fire of law for them.

³Indeed, he cherishes peoples; all his holy ones are in your hand; and they follow at your feet, each one receives from your words.

⁴Instruction that Moses commanded for us, a possession of the assembly of Jacob.

⁵And he was king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people gathered, the tribes of Israel together.

⁶May Reuben live, and may he not die, though his men be few.

⁷And this for Judah. And he said: Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people. His hands have striven for him, and you will be a helper against his adversaries.

⁸And of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to your godly man, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.

⁹who said to his father and to his mother, 'I have not seen him,' and who did not acknowledge his brothers, and whose own children he did not know -- for they kept your word and guarded your covenant.

¹⁰They shall teach your ordinances to Jacob, and your instruction to Israel; they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offerings upon your altar.

¹¹Bless, O Lord, his strength, and accept the work of his hands; smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of those who hate him, so they rise no more.

¹²Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD dwells in security beside him; he shields over him all the day long, and between his shoulders he dwells.

¹³And to Joseph he said: 'Blessed of the Lord is his land, from the choice gifts of the heavens, from dew, and from the deep that crouches below.'

¹⁴and from the choice things of the produce of the sun, and from the choice things of the yield of the moons.

¹⁵and from the top of the ancient mountains, and from the choice gifts of the everlasting hills;

¹⁶and from the choice things of the earth and its fullness, and the favor of him who dwells in the bush -- may they come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of the one consecrated among his brothers.

¹⁷The firstborn of his bull -- majesty is his, and the horns of a wild ox are his horns; with them he gores peoples together, to the ends of the earth. And they are the myriads of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

¹⁸And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar in your tents.

¹⁹They shall call peoples to the mountain; there they shall sacrifice sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall draw from the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand.

²⁰Of Gad he said: Blessed be he who enlarges Gad! Like a lion he crouches, and he tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.

²¹He saw the first portion for himself, for there was the reserved plot of the commander; and he came as chieftain of the people. He carried out the righteousness of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.

²²And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp that springs forth from Bashan.

²³Of Naphtali he said: Naphtali, sated with favor and full of the blessing of the LORD -- the sea and the south possess.

²⁴And of Asher he said: Blessed above sons is Asher; let him be the favored of his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil.

²⁵Iron and bronze are your gate-bars, and as your days, so is your strength.

²⁶There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your help, and through his majesty the skies.

²⁷The dwelling place of God of old, and underneath are the arms of eternity; he drove out the enemy from before you and said, Destroy!

²⁸So Israel dwells in security, alone -- the spring of Jacob is toward a land of grain and new wine; yes, his skies drip with dew.

²⁹How blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord -- the shield of your help and the sword of your triumph. Your enemies shall cringe before you, and you shall tread upon their high places.