Deuteronomy 33

New American Standard Bible

The Blessing by Moses

33 Now this is the blessing with which Moses ^(A)the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death. ²He said,

“^(B)The Lord came from Sinai,
^(C)And ^[a]dawned on them from Seir;
^(D)He shone from Mount Paran,
And He came from ^(E)the midst of myriads of ^[b]holy ones;
^(F)At His right hand there was ^[c]flashing lightning for them.
³^(G)Indeed, He loves ^[d]the people;
^(H)All ^[e]Your holy ones are in Your hand,
^(I)And they ^[f]followed in Your steps;
Everyone takes of Your words.
⁴^(J)Moses issued to us the Law,
^(K)A possession for the assembly of Jacob.
⁵^(L)And He was king in ^[g]Jeshurun,
When the heads of the people gathered,
The tribes of Israel together.

⁶“^(M)May Reuben live and not die,
Nor may his people be few.”

⁷^(N)And this was regarding Judah; so he said:

“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people.
With his hands he contended for ^[h]them,
And may You be a help against his adversaries.”

⁸Of Levi he said,

“Let Your ^(O)Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your ^(P)godly man,
^(Q)Whom You tested at Massah,
With ^[i]whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;
⁹^(R)Who said of his father and his mother,
‘I did not consider them’;
And he did not acknowledge his brothers,
Nor did he regard his own sons,
For ^(S)they kept Your word,
And complied with Your covenant.
¹⁰^(T)They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob,
And Your Law to Israel.
^(U)They shall put ^[j]incense before You,
And ^(V)whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
¹¹Lord, bless his strength,
And accept the work of his hands;
Smash the ^[k]hips of those who rise up against him,
And those who hate him, so that they do not rise again.”

¹²Of Benjamin he said,

“^(W)May the beloved of the Lord live in security beside Him
^(X)Who shields him all the day long,
^(Y)And he lives between His shoulders.”

¹³Of Joseph he said,

“^(Z)Blessed of the Lord be his land,
With the choice things of heaven, with the dew,
And from the deep waters lying beneath,
¹⁴And with the choice yield of the sun,
And the choice produce of the months;
¹⁵And with the ^[l]best things of ^(AA)the ancient mountains,
With the choice things of the everlasting hills,
¹⁶And with the choice things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor ^(AB)of Him who dwelt in the bush.
Let it come to the head of Joseph,
And to the top of the head of the one who was prince among his brothers.
¹⁷As the firstborn of his ox, majesty is his,
And his horns are the horns of ^(AC)the wild ox;
With them he will ^(AD)gore the peoples
All ^[m]at once, to the ends of the earth.
And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”

¹⁸^(AE)Of Zebulun he said,

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
And, Issachar, in your tents.
¹⁹^(AF)They will call peoples to the mountain;
There they will offer ^(AG)righteous sacrifices;
For they will ^[n]draw out ^(AH)the abundance of the seas,
And the hidden treasures of the sand.”

²⁰^(AI)Of Gad he said,

“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
He lies down ^(AJ)as a ^[o]lion,
And tears the arm, also the crown of the head.
²¹^(AK)Then he ^[p]selected the choicest part for himself,
^(AL)For there the ruler’s portion was ^[q]reserved;
^(AM)And he came with the leaders of the people;
^(AN)He executed the justice of the Lord,
And His ordinances with Israel.”

²²^(AO)Of Dan he said,

“Dan is ^(AP)a lion’s cub;
He leaps out from Bashan.”

²³Of Naphtali he said,

“^(AQ)Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of the Lord,
Take possession of the sea and the south.”

²⁴^(AR)Of Asher he said,

“More blessed than sons is Asher;
May he be favored by his brothers,
^(AS)And may he dip his foot in olive oil.
²⁵^(AT)Your ^[r]bars will be iron and bronze,
^(AU)And as your days, so will your strength be.

²⁶“^(AV)There is no one like the God of ^[s]Jeshurun,
^(AW)Who rides the heavens ^[t]to your help,
And the clouds in His majesty.
²⁷^(AX)The eternal God is a ^[u]hiding place,
^(AY)And underneath are the everlasting arms;
^(AZ)And He drove out the enemy from you,
^(BA)And said, ‘Destroy!’
²⁸^(BB)So Israel lives in security,
^(BC)The fountain of Jacob secluded,
^(BD)In a land of grain and new wine;
^(BE)His heavens also drip down dew.
²⁹^(BF)Blessed are you, Israel;
^(BG)Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,
^(BH)The shield of your help,
^(BI)And He who is the sword of your majesty!
^(BJ)So your enemies will cringe before you,
^(BK)And you will trample on their high places.”