Deuteronomy 33

Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

1Now this is #Gen. 49:28the blessing with which Moses #Ps. 90the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2And he said:

#Ex. 19:18, 20; Ps. 68:8, 17; Hab. 3:3“The Lord came from Sinai,

And dawned on them from #Deut. 2:1, 4Seir;

He shone forth from #Num. 10:12Mount Paran,

And He came with #Dan. 7:10; Acts 7:53; Rev. 5:11ten thousands of saints;

From His right hand

Came a fiery law for them.

3Yes, #Ps. 47:4; Hos. 11:1He loves the people;

#1 Sam. 2:9All His saints are in Your hand;

They #(Luke 10:39)sit down at Your feet;

Everyone #Prov. 2:1receives Your words.

4#Deut. 4:2; John 1:17; 7:19Moses commanded a law for us,

#Ps. 119:111A heritage of the congregation of Jacob.

5And He was #Ex. 15:18King in #Deut. 32:15Jeshurun,

When the leaders of the people were gathered,

All the tribes of Israel together.

6“Let #Gen. 49:3, 4Reuben live, and not die,

Nor let his men be few.”

7And this he said of #Gen. 49:8–12Judah:

“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,

And bring him to his people;

#Gen. 49:8Let his hands be sufficient for him,

And may You be #Ps. 146:5a help against his enemies.”

8And of #Gen. 49:5Levi he said:

#Ex. 28:30; Lev. 8:8“Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,

#Num. 20:2–13; Deut. 6:2, 3, 16; Ps. 81:7Whom You tested at Massah,

And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

9#(Num. 25:5–8; Matt. 10:37; 19:29)Who says of his father and mother,

‘I have not #(Gen. 29:32)seen them’;

#Ex. 32:26–28Nor did he acknowledge his brothers,

Or know his own children;

For #Mal. 2:5, 6they have observed Your word

And kept Your covenant.

10#Lev. 10:11; Deut. 31:9–13; Mal. 2:7They shall teach Jacob Your judgments,

And Israel Your law.

They shall put incense before You,

#Lev. 1:9; Ps. 51:19And a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.

11Bless his substance, Lord,

And #2 Sam. 24:23; Ezek. 20:40accept the work of his hands;

Strike the loins of those who rise against him,

And of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

12Of Benjamin he said:

“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,

Who shelters him all the day long;

And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”

13And of Joseph he said:

#Gen. 49:22–26“Blessed of the Lord is his land,

With the precious things of heaven, with the #Gen. 27:28dew,

And the deep lying beneath,

14With the precious fruits of the sun,

With the precious produce of the months,

15With the best things of #Gen. 49:26the ancient mountains,

With the precious things #Hab. 3:6of the everlasting hills,

16With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,

And the favor of #Ex. 3:2–4; Acts 7:30–35Him who dwelt in the bush.

Let the blessing come #Gen. 49:26‘on the head of Joseph,

And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.’

17His glory is like a #1 Chr. 5:1firstborn bull,

And his horns like the #Num. 23:22horns of the wild ox;

Together with them

#1 Kin. 22:11; Ps. 44:5He shall push the peoples

To the ends of the earth;

#Gen. 48:19They are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

18And of Zebulun he said:

#Gen. 49:13–15“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,

And Issachar in your tents!

19They shall #Ex. 15:17; Ps. 2:6; Is. 2:3call the peoples to the mountain;

There #Ps. 4:5; 51:19they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;

For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas

And of treasures hidden in the sand.”

20And of Gad he said:

“Blessed is he who #1 Chr. 12:8enlarges Gad;

He dwells as a lion,

And tears the arm and the crown of his head.

21#Num. 32:16, 17He provided the first part for himself,

Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there.

#Josh. 4:12He came with the heads of the people;

He administered the justice of the Lord,

And His judgments with Israel.”

22And of Dan he said:

“Dan is a lion’s whelp;

#Gen. 49:16, 17; Josh. 19:47He shall leap from Bashan.”

23And of Naphtali he said:

“O Naphtali, #Gen. 49:21satisfied with favor,

And full of the blessing of the Lord,

#Josh. 19:32Possess the west and the south.”

24And of Asher he said:

#Gen. 49:20“Asher is most blessed of sons;

Let him be favored by his brothers,

And let him #Job 29:6dip his foot in oil.

25Your sandals shall be #Deut. 8:9iron and bronze;

As your days, so shall your strength be.

26“There is #Ex. 15:11; Deut. 4:35; Ps. 86:8; Jer. 10:6no one like the God of #Deut. 32:15Jeshurun,

#Deut. 10:14; Ps. 68:3, 33, 34; 104:3Who rides the heavens to help you,

And in His excellency on the clouds.

27The eternal God is your #(Ps. 90:1; 91:2, 9)refuge,

And underneath are the everlasting arms;

#Deut. 9:3–5He will thrust out the enemy from before you,

And will say, ‘Destroy!’

28Then #Deut. 33:12; Jer. 23:6; 33:16Israel shall dwell in safety,

#Deut. 8:7, 8The fountain of Jacob #Num. 23:9alone,

In a land of grain and new wine;

His #Gen. 27:28heavens shall also drop dew.

29#Ps. 144:15Happy are you, O Israel!

#Deut. 4:32–34; 2 Sam. 7:23Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,

#Gen. 15:1; Ps. 115:9The shield of your help

And the sword of your majesty!

Your enemies #Ps. 18:44; 66:3shall submit to you,

And #Num. 33:52you shall tread down their high places.”

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Deuteronomy 33

1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2And he said,

Jehovah came from Sinai,

And rose from Seir unto them;

He shined forth from mount Paran,

And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones:

At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

3Yea, he loveth the people;

All his saints are in thy hand:

And they sat down at thy feet;

Every one shall receive of thy words.

4Moses commanded us a law,

An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

5And he was king in Jeshurun,

When the heads of the people were gathered,

All the tribes of Israel together.

6Let Reuben live, and not die;

Nor let his men be few.

7And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said,

Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah,

And bring him in unto his people.

With his hands he contended for himself;

And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.

8And of Levi he said,

Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one,

Whom thou didst prove at Massah,

With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

9Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him;

Neither did he acknowledge his brethren,

Nor knew he his own children:

For they have observed thy word,

And keep thy covenant.

10They shall teach Jacob thine ordinances,

And Israel thy law:

They shall put incense before thee,

And whole burnt-offering upon thine altar.

11Bless, Jehovah, his substance,

And accept the work of his hands:

Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him,

And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

12Of Benjamin he said,

The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by him;

He covereth him all the day long,

And he dwelleth between his shoulders.

13And of Joseph he said,

Blessed of Jehovah be his land,

For the precious things of heaven, for the dew,

And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

14And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun,

And for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

15And for the chief things of the ancient mountains,

And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

16And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof,

And the good will of him that dwelt in the bush.

Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph,

And upon the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

17The firstling of his herd, majesty is his;

And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox:

With them he shall push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth:

And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And they are the thousands of Manasseh.

18And of Zebulun he said,

Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out;

And, Issachar, in thy tents.

19They shall call the peoples unto the mountain;

There shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness:

For they shall suck the abundance of the seas,

And the hidden treasures of the sand.

20And of Gad he said,

Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad:

He dwelleth as a lioness,

And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

21And he provided the first part for himself,

For there was the lawgiver’s portion reserved;

And he came with the heads of the people;

He executed the righteousness of Jehovah,

And his ordinances with Israel.

22And of Dan he said,

Dan is a lion’s whelp,

That leapeth forth from Bashan.

23And of Naphtali he said,

O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,

And full with the blessing of Jehovah,

Possess thou the west and the south.

24And of Asher he said,

Blessed be Asher with children;

Let him be acceptable unto his brethren,

And let him dip his foot in oil.

25Thy bars shall be iron and brass;

And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

26There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun,

Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help,

And in his excellency on the skies.

27The eternal God is thy dwelling-place,

And underneath are the everlasting arms.

And he thrust out the enemy from before thee,

And said, Destroy.

28And Israel dwelleth in safety,

The fountain of Jacob alone,

In a land of grain and new wine;

Yea, his heavens drop down dew.

29Happy art thou, O Israel:

Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah,

The shield of thy help,

And the sword of thy excellency!

And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee;

And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

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