Deuteronomy Chapter 33

Deuteronomy Chapter 33
1 Now this is the blessing wherewith
Moses the man of God blessed the
children of Israel before his death, and
said,
2 The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up
from Seir unto them, and appeared
clearly from mount Paran, and he came
with ten thousands of Saints, and at his
right hand a fiery law for them.
3 Though he love the people, yet all thy
saints are in thine hands: and they are
humbled at thy feet, to receive thy
words.
4 Moses commanded us a law for an
inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
5 Then he was among the righteous
people, as king, when the heads of the
people, and the tribes of Israel were
assembled.
6 Let Reuben live, and not die, though
his men be a small number. 7 And thus
he blessed Judah, and said, Hear, O
Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him
unto his people: his hands shall be
sufficient for him, if thou help him
against his enemies.
8 And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim
and thine Urim be with thine Holy One,
whom thou didst prove in Massah, and
didst cause him to strive at the waters of
Meribah.
9 Who said unto his father and to his
mother, I have not seen him, neither
knew he his brethren, nor knew his own
children: for they observed thy word,
and kept thy covenant.
10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments,
and Israel thy law: they shall put incense
before thy face, and the burnt offering
upon thine altar. 11 Bless, O 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 Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of
the Lord shall dwell in safety by him:
the Lord shall cover him all the day
long, and dwell between his shoulders.
13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the
Lord is his land for the sweetness of
heaven, for the dew, and for the depth
lying beneath,
14 And for the sweet increase of the sun,
and for the sweet increase of the moon,
15 And for the sweetness of the top of
the ancient mountains, and for the
sweetness of the old hills,
16 And for the sweetness of the earth,
and abundance thereof: and the good
will of him that dwelt in the bush, shall
come upon the head of Joseph, and upon
the top of the head of him that was
separated from his brethren. 17 His
beauty shall be like his firstborn
bullock, and his horns as the horns of an
unicorn: with them he shall smite the
people together, even the ends of the
world: these are also the ten thousands
of Ephraim, and these are the thousands
of Manasseh.
18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice,
Zebulun, in thy going out,
and thou Isshachar in thy tents.
19 They shall call the people unto the
mountain: there they shall offer the
sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall
suck of the abundance of the sea, and of
the treasures hid in the sand.
20 Also of Gad he said, Blessed be he
that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion,
that catcheth for his prey the arm with
the head.
21 And he looked to himself at the
beginning, because there was a portion
of the lawgiver hid: yet he shall come
with the heads of the people, to execute
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
Also of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali,
satisfied with favor, and filled with the
blessing of the Lord, possess the west
and the south.
24 And of Asher he said, Asher shall be
blessed with children: he shall be
acceptable unto his brethren, and shall
dip his foot in oil.
25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass,
and thy strength shall continue as long
as thou livest.
26 There is none like God, O righteous
people, which rideth upon the heavens
for thine help, and on the clouds in his
glory.
27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and
under his arms thou art forever: he shall
cast out the enemy before thee, and will
say, Destroy them. 28 Then Israel the
fountain of Jacob shall dwell alone in
safety in a land of wheat, and wine: also
his heavens shall drop the dew.
29 Blessed art thou, O Israel: who is
like unto thee, O people saved by the
Lord, the shield of thine help, and which
is the sword of thy glory? Therefore
thine enemies shall be in subjection to
thee, and thou shalt tread upon their high
places.