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\c 33
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\v 1 This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.
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\v 2 He said:
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\q Yahweh came from Sinai
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\q and rose from Seir upon them.
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\q He shined out from Mount Paran,
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\q and he came with ten thousands of holy ones.
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\q In his right hand were flashes of lightning.
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\q
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\v 3 Indeed, he loves the people;
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\q all his holy ones are in your hand,
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\q and they bowed down at your feet;
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\q every one received your words.
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\q
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\v 4 I, Moses, commanded you a law,
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\q an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
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\q
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\v 5 Then Yahweh became king in Jeshurun,
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\q when the heads of the people had gathered,
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\q all the tribes of Israel together.
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\q
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\v 6 Let Reuben live and not die;
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\q but may his men be few.
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\p
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\v 7 This is the blessing for Judah. Moses said:
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\q Listen, Yahweh, to the voice of Judah,
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\q and bring him to his people again.
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\q Fight for him;
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\q be a help against his enemies.
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\p
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\v 8 About Levi, Moses said:
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\q Your Thummim and your Urim belong to the one with whom you are pleased,
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\q the one whom you tested at Massah,
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\q with whom you struggled at the waters of Meribah.
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\q
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\v 9 The man who said about his father and mother, "I have not seen them."
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\q Neither did he acknowledge his brothers,
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\q nor did he take account of his own children.
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\q For he guarded your word
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\q and kept your covenant.
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\q
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\v 10 He teaches Jacob your decrees,
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\q Israel your law.
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\q He will put incense before you,
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\q and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
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\q
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\v 11 Bless, Yahweh, his possessions,
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\q and accept the work of his hands.
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\q Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him,
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\q and those of the people who hate him, so that they do not rise up again.
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\p
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\v 12 About Benjamin, Moses said:
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\q The one loved by Yahweh lives in security beside him;
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\q Yahweh shields him all the day long,
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\q and he lives between Yahweh’s arms.
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\p
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\v 13 About Joseph, Moses said:
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\q May his land be blessed by Yahweh
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\q With the precious things of heaven, with the dew,
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\q And with the deep that lies beneath.
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\q
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\v 14 With the precious things of the harvest made by the sun,
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\q With the precious things of the passing of the months,
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\q
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\v 15 With the finest things of the ancient mountains,
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\q And with the precious things of the everlasting hills.
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\q
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\v 16 With the precious things of the earth and its abundance,
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\q and with the good will of him who was in the bush.
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\q Let the blessing come on the head of Joseph,
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\q and on the forehead of the head of him who was prince over his brothers.
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\q
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\v 17 The firstborn of an ox, majestic is he,
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\q and his horns are the horns of a wild ox.
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\q With them he will push the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth.
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\q These are the ten thousands of Ephraim;
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\q these are the thousands of Manasseh.
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\p
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\v 18 About Zebulun, Moses said:
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\q Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
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\q and you, Issachar, in your tents.
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\q
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\v 19 They will call the peoples to the mountains.
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\q There will they offer sacrifices of righteousness.
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\q For they will suck the abundance of the seas,
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\q and from the sand on the seashore.
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\p
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\v 20 About Gad, Moses said:
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\q Blessed be he who enlarges Gad.
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\q He will live there like a lioness,
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\q and he will tear off an arm or a head.
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\q
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\v 21 He provided the best part for himself,
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\q for there was the leader’s portion of land reserved.
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\q He came with the heads of the people.
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\q He carried out the justice of Yahweh
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\q and his decrees with Israel.
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\p
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\v 22 About Dan, Moses said:
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\q Dan is a lion cub
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\q that leaps out from Bashan.
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\p
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\v 23 About Naphtali, Moses said:
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\q Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
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\q and full of the blessing of Yahweh,
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\q take possession of the land to the west and south.
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\p
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\v 24 About Asher, Moses said:
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\q Blessed be Asher more than the other sons;
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\q let him be acceptable to his brothers,
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\q and let him dip his foot in olive oil.
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\q
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\v 25 May your city bars be iron and bronze;
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\q as long as will be your days, so long will your security be.
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\q
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\v 26 There is no one like God, Jeshurun—the upright one,
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\q who rides on the heavens to your help,
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\q and in his majesty on the clouds.
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\q
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\v 27 The eternal God is a refuge for his people,
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\q and underneath are the everlasting arms.
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\q He will thrust out the enemy from before you,
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\q and he will say, "Destroy!"
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\q
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\v 28 May Israel dwell in safety.
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\q Jacob's spring is secure
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\q in a land of grain and new wine;
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\q indeed, let the heavens drop down dew on him.
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\q
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\v 29 Blessed are you, Israel!
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\q Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh,
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\q the shield of your help,
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\q and the sword of your majesty?
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\q Your enemies will come trembling to you;
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\q you will stamp down their high places.
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