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=='''Deuteronomy, Chapter 33'''==

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1 And this [is] 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 [went] a fiery law for 
them.

3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; 
[every one] shall receive of thy words.

4 Moses commanded us a law, [even] the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were 
gathered together.

6 ¶ Let Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few.

7 ¶ And this [is the blessing] 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 [to him] from his 
enemies.

8 ¶ And of Levi he said, [Let] thy Thummim and thy Urim [be] with thy holy one, whom thou didst 
prove at Massah, [and with] 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 ¶ [And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; [and the 
LORD] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

13 ¶ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD [be] his land, for the precious things of heaven, 
for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

14 And for the precious fruits [brought forth] 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 [for] the good will of him 
that dwelt in the bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the 
head of him [that was] separated from his brethren.

17 His glory [is like] the firstling of his bullock, and his horns [are like] the horns of 
unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they [are] 
the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they [are] 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 [of] the abundance of the seas, and [of] treasures hid in the 
sand.

20 ¶ And of Gad he said, Blessed [be] 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, [in] a portion of the lawgiver, 
[was he] 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 [is] 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, [Let] Asher [be] blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his 
brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

25 Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].

26 ¶ [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and 
in his excellency on the sky.

27 The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall 
thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].

28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn 
and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

29 Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of 
thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto 
thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.