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\c 33
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\v 1 Before God's prophet Moses died, he asked God to bless the Israelite people.
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\v 2 This is what he said:
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\q "Yahweh came and spoke to us at Mount Sinai;
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\q he came like the sun rises in the region of Edom
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\q and like his light shone on us when we were in the desert near Mount Paran after we left Mount Sinai.
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\q He came with ten thousand angels,
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\q and there was a flaming fire at his right side.
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\q
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\v 3 Yahweh truly loves his people
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\q and protects all those who belong to him.
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\q So they prostrate themselves in front of him,
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\q and they listen to his instructions.
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\q
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\v 4 I gave them laws to obey,
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\q laws that would forever be for the descendants of Jacob.
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\q
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\v 5 So Yahweh became the king of his Israelite people
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\q when all the tribes and their leaders had gathered together.
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\b
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\p
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\v 6 I say this about the tribe of Reuben:
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\q I desire that their tribe will never disappear,
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\q but that they will never become numerous.
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\p
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\v 7 I say this about the tribe of Judah:
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\q Yahweh, listen to them when they call out for help;
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\q and after they separate from the other tribes, unite them with the other tribes again.
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\q Fight for them,
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\q and help them to fight against their enemies.
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\p
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\v 8 I say this about the tribe of Levi:
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\q Yahweh, give to those who are dedicated to you the sacred stones that they will use to find out what you want to be done;
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\q You tested them at a spring in the desert, a spring that they named Massah and also named Meribah
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\q to find out if they would remain loyal to you.
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\q
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\v 9 The tribe of Levi did what you told them to do
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\q and obeyed the covenant that you had made with the Israelite people;
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\q those laws were more important to them
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\q than their siblings and parents and children.
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\q
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\v 10 The tribe of Levi will teach the Israelite people your decrees and your laws,
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\q and they are the ones who will burn incense and who will completely burn on the altar the offerings that the people bring.
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\q
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\v 11 Yahweh, bless their work
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\q and accept all that they do.
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\q Crush all their enemies;
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\q do not enable their enemies to be able to fight against them again.
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\p
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\v 12 I say this about the tribe of Benjamin:
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\q They are the tribe that Yahweh loves;
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\q he keeps them safe.
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\q He protects them continually,
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\q and he lives among their hills .
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\v 13 I say this about the tribes of Joseph:
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\q I desire that Yahweh will bless their land
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\q by giving them rain from the sky
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\q and water from deep down in the ground,
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\q
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\v 14 by giving them good fruit ripened by the sun
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\q and good crops in the right months.
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\q
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\v 15 I desire that very nice fruit will grow on trees in their ancient mountains.
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\q
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\v 16 I desire that their land will be filled with many good crops,
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\q blessed by Yahweh, the one who appeared to me in a burning bush.
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\q I desire that Yahweh will bless the tribes of Joseph in all those ways,
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\q because he was his older brothers' leader when they were in Egypt.
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\q
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\v 17 The descendants of Joseph will be as strong as a bull;
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\q with their weapons they will wound their enemies like a wild ox gores other animals with its horns.
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\q They will push other people groups,
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\q all of them, to the most distant places on the earth.
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\q That is what the descendants of the two sons of Joseph will do,
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\q the ten thousands of the tribe of Ephraim and the thousands of the tribe of Manasseh.
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\v 18 I say this about the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar:
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\q I desire that the people of Zebulun will prosper in their travels across the seas,
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\q and that the people of Issachar will prosper while they stay at home and take care of their cattle and crops.
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\q
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\v 19 They will invite people from the other Israelite tribes to the mountain where they worship Yahweh,
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\q and they will offer correct sacrifices to him.
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\q They will become rich from the trade that they carry out on the seas
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\q and from using the sand along the sea to make things.
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\v 20 I say this about the tribe of Gad:
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\q Praise Yahweh, the one who made their territory large.
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\q The people of their tribe will attack their enemies fiercely like a lion that crouches,
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\q waiting to tear off the arm or the scalp of some animal.
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\q
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\v 21 They chose the best part of the land for themselves;
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\q a large share of the land, a share that should be given to a leader was allotted to them.
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\q When the leaders of the tribes of Israel gathered together,
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\q they decided that the tribe of Gad should have a large share of the land.
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\q The tribe of Gad obeyed the commands of Yahweh and the things that he decided that they should do.
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\v 22 I say this about the tribe of Dan:
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\q The people of the tribe of Dan are like a young lion;
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\q they leap out from their caves in the region of Bashan to attack their enemies.
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\v 23 I say this about the tribe of Naphtali:
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\q The people of the tribe of Naphtali have been blessed by Yahweh, who has been very kind to them;
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\q their land extends far south from Lake Galilee.
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\v 24 I say this about the tribe of Asher:
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\q Yahweh will bless the descendants of Asher more than he will bless the other tribes.
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\q Yahweh will favor them most of all.
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\q I desire that their land will be filled with olive trees that will produce a lot of olives to make olive oil.
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\q
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\v 25 Their towns will be protected by high walls with gates that have bronze and iron bars;
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\q I desire all the time that they live and not be harmed by anyone.
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\v 26 You people of Israel, there is no god like your God,
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\q who rides majestically across the sky to help you.
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\q
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\v 27 God, who lives forever, is the one who gives you refuge;
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\q it is as though he puts his everlasting arms under you to support you.
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\q He will drive out your enemies while you advance;
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\q he has told you to destroy all of them.
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\v 28 So you Israelite people will live safely;
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\q you descendants of Jacob will not be disturbed by others;
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\q in the land where you will live, there will be plenty of grain and wine,
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\q and plenty of rain will fall from the sky.
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\v 29 You people of Israel, how fortunate are you.
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\q There is certainly no nation like your nation,
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\q whom Yahweh has rescued from being slaves in Egypt.
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\q He will be like a shield to protect you
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\q and like a sword to enable you to defeat your enemies.
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\q Your enemies will come to you begging for you to act mercifully toward them,
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\q but you will trample on their backs."
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