Devarim 33
Devarim (Book of Deuteronomy), Chapter 33
'"`UNIQ--named-00000000-QINU`"'1 And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of G-d blessed the children of Israel before his death.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000001-QINU`"'2 And he said: HaShem came from Sinai, and rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, and He came from the myriads holy, at His right hand was a fiery law unto them.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000002-QINU`"'3 Yea, He loveth the peoples, all His holy ones--they are in Thy hand; and they sit down at Thy feet, receiving of Thy words.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000003-QINU`"'4 Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000004-QINU`"'5 And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000005-QINU`"'6 Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000006-QINU`"'7 And this for Judah, and he said: Hear, HaShem, the voice of Judah, and bring him in unto his people; his hands shall contend for him, and Thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000007-QINU`"'8 And of Levi he said: Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one, whom Thou didst prove at Massah, with whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
'"`UNIQ--named-00000008-QINU`"'9 Who 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.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000009-QINU`"'10 They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, and Israel Thy law; they shall put incense before Thee, and whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000A-QINU`"'11 Bless, HaShem, 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.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000B-QINU`"'12 Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of HaShem shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, and He dwelleth between his shoulders.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000C-QINU`"'13 And of Joseph he said: Blessed of HaShem be his land; for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000D-QINU`"'14 And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons,
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000E-QINU`"'15 And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
'"`UNIQ--named-0000000F-QINU`"'16 And 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 is prince among his brethren.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000010-QINU`"'17 His firstling bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; with them he shall gore 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.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000011-QINU`"'18 And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and, Issachar, in thy tents.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000012-QINU`"'19 They shall call 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.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000013-QINU`"'20 And 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.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000014-QINU`"'21 And he chose a first part for himself, for there a portion of a ruler was reserved; and there came the heads of the people, he executed the righteousness of HaShem, and His ordinances with Israel.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000015-QINU`"'22 And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000016-QINU`"'23 And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of HaShem: possess thou the sea and the south.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000017-QINU`"'24 And of Asher he said: Blessed be Asher above sons; let him be the favoured of his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000018-QINU`"'25 Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
'"`UNIQ--named-00000019-QINU`"'26 There is none like unto G-d, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000001A-QINU`"'27 The eternal G-d is a dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said: 'Destroy.'
'"`UNIQ--named-0000001B-QINU`"'28 And Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew.
'"`UNIQ--named-0000001C-QINU`"'29 Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by HaShem, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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Portions © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant. Portions © 1998 by Larry Nelson.
