# Deuteronomy 33 [[Deuteronomy 32|←]] • [[Deuteronomy 34|→]] --- ### 1 And this the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. ### 2 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. ### 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; shall receive of thy words. ### 4 Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. ### 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people the tribes of Israel were gathered together. ### 6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let his men be few. ### 7 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. ### 8 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; ### 9 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. ### 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. ### 11 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. ### 12 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. ### 13 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, ### 14 And for the precious fruits by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, ### 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, ### 16 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. ### 17 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. ### 18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. ### 19 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. ### 20 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. ### 21 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. ### 22 And of Dan he said, Dan a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. ### 23 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. ### 24 And of Asher he said, Asher blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. ### 25 Thy shoes iron and brass; and as thy days, thy strength ### 26 none like unto the God of Jeshurun, rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. ### 27 The eternal God refuge, and underneath the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy ### 28 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. ### 29 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.