Deuteronomy 33

Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

1This is the blessing with which Moses #Josh. 14:6; 1 Chr. 23:14; 2 Chr. 30:16; Ezra 3:2the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. 2He said,

# [Ex. 19:18, 20; Judg. 5:4, 5; Ps. 68:7, 8; Hab. 3:3] “The Lord came from Sinai

and dawned from Seir upon us;#33:2 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew them

he shone forth from Mount Paran;

he came #[Ps. 68:17; Dan. 7:10; Acts 7:53; Gal. 3:19; Heb. 2:2; Jude 14; Rev. 5:11]from the ten thousands of holy ones,

with flaming fire#33:2 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain at his right hand.

3Yes, #ch. 7:7, 8; 10:15; Hos. 11:1 he loved his people,#33:3 Septuagint; Hebrew peoples

# [John 10:27-29; Rom. 8:35, 38, 39] all his holy ones were in his#33:3 Hebrew your hand;

# [Luke 10:39; Acts 22:3] so they followed#33:3 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain in your steps,

receiving direction from you,

4when #John 1:17; 7:19Moses commanded us a law,

as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

5Thus the Lord#33:5 Hebrew Thus he #Num. 23:21; [Judg. 8:23; Isa. 33:22] became king in #See ch. 32:15Jeshurun,

when the heads of the people were gathered,

all the tribes of Israel together.

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

but let his men be few.”

7And this he said of Judah:

“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,

and bring him in to his people.

With your hands contend#33:7 Probable reading; Hebrew With his hands he contended for him,

and be a help against his adversaries.”

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

“Give to Levi#33:8 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks Give to Levi #See Ex. 28:30 your Thummim,

and your Urim to your godly one,

# See Ex. 17:7; Num. 20:13 whom you tested at Massah,

with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

9who said of his father and mother,

‘I regard them not’;

# See Ex. 32:26-29 he disowned his brothers

and ignored his children.

For #Mal. 2:4-6they observed your word

and kept your covenant.

10 # ch. 17:9-11; Ezek. 44:23; See Lev. 10:11 They shall teach Jacob your rules

and Israel your law;

# Ex. 30:7, 8; 1 Sam. 2:28 they shall put incense before you

and #Ps. 51:19; Ezek. 43:27whole burnt offerings on your altar.

11Bless, O Lord, his substance,

and #Ezek. 20:40, 41; 43:27; [Amos 5:22]accept the work of his hands;

crush the loins of his adversaries,

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

12 # [Gen. 49:27] Of Benjamin he said,

“The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety.

The High God#33:12 Septuagint; Hebrew dwells in safety by him. He surrounds him all day long,

and dwells between his shoulders.”

13And #[Gen. 49:22] of Joseph he said,

# Gen. 49:25 “Blessed by the Lord be his land,

with the choicest gifts of heaven #ver. 28; Gen. 27:28above,#33:13 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Targum; Hebrew with the dew

and of the deep that crouches beneath,

14with the choicest fruits of the sun

and the rich yield of the months,

15with the finest produce of the ancient mountains

and the abundance of #Gen. 49:26; Hab. 3:6; [Ps. 90:2]the everlasting hills,

16with the best gifts of the earth and #Ps. 24:1 its fullness

and the favor of #Ex. 3:2-4; Acts 7:30, 35him who dwells in the bush.

May these rest on the head of Joseph,

on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.

17 # [1 Chr. 5:1] A firstborn bull#33:17 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Samaritan; Masoretic Text His firstborn bull—he has majesty,

and his horns are the horns of a #See Num. 23:22 wild ox;

with them #1 Kgs. 22:11; Ps. 44:5; Dan. 8:4 he shall gore the peoples,

all of them, to the ends of the earth;

# [Gen. 48:19; Num. 1:33, 35] they 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 call peoples #Ex. 15:17; Isa. 2:3 to their mountain;

there they offer #Ps. 4:5; 51:19right sacrifices;

for they draw from the abundance of the seas

and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

20And #[Gen. 49:19] of Gad he said,

“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!

Gad crouches #[1 Chr. 12:8]like a lion;

he tears off arm and scalp.

21 # See Num. 32:1-5, 16-19 He chose the best of the land for himself,

for there a commander’s portion was reserved;

and #Num. 32:31, 32; See Josh. 1:12-15; 1 Chr. 5:18-22he came with the heads of the people,

with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord,

and his judgments for Israel.”

22And #[Gen. 49:16] of Dan he said,

# [Gen. 49:9] “Dan is a lion’s cub

# [Josh. 19:47; Judg. 18:27] that leaps from Bashan.”

23And #[Gen. 49:21] of Naphtali he said,

“O Naphtali, sated with favor,

and full of the blessing of the Lord,

# See Josh. 19:32-39 possess the lake#33:23 Or west and the south.”

24And #[Gen. 49:20] of Asher he said,

“Most blessed of sons be Asher;

let him be the favorite of his brothers,

and let him #[Job 29:6]dip his foot in oil.

25Your bars shall be iron and bronze,

and as your days, so shall your strength be.

26 # See Ex. 15:11 “There is none like God, O #See ch. 32:15 Jeshurun,

# Ps. 68:33, 34; 104:3; Isa. 19:1; Hab. 3:8 who rides through the heavens to your help,

through the skies in his majesty.

27The eternal God is your #Ps. 90:1; 91:9dwelling place,#33:27 Or a dwelling place

and underneath are the everlasting arms.#33:27 Revocalization of verse 27 yields He subdues the ancient gods, and shatters the forces of old

And he thrust out the enemy before you

and said, ‘Destroy.’

28So Israel lived in safety,

# [Ps. 68:26; Isa. 48:1] Jacob lived #Num. 23:9alone,#33:28 Hebrew the abode of Jacob was alone

in a land of grain and wine,

whose heavens drop down dew.

29Happy are you, O Israel! #[2 Sam. 7:23] Who is like you,

a people #Isa. 45:17 saved by the Lord,

# Ps. 33:20; 115:9-11 the shield of your help,

and the sword of your triumph!

Your enemies shall come fawning to you,

and you shall tread upon their backs.”

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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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