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And this the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. |
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And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand a fiery law for them. |
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Yea, he loved the people; all his saints in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; shall receive of thy words. |
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Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. |
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And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people the tribes of Israel were gathered together. |
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Let Reuben live, and not die; and let his men be few. |
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And this of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help from his enemies. |
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And of Levi he said, thy Thummim and thy Urim with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; |
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Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. |
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They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. |
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Bless, 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. |
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# And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. |
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And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, |
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And for the precious fruits by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, |
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And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, |
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And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him separated from his brethren. |
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His glory the firstling of his bullock, and his horns the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they the thousands of Manasseh. |
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And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. |
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They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and treasures hid in the sand. |
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And of Gad he said, Blessed he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. |
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And he provided the first part for himself, because there, a portion of the lawgiver, seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. |
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And of Dan he said, Dan a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. |
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And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south. |
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And of Asher he said, Asher blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. |
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Thy shoes iron and brass; and as thy days, thy strength . |
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There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. |
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The eternal God refuge, and underneath the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy . |
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Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. |
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Happy thou, O Israel: who like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. |