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And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
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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.
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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.
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Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
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And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
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Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
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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.
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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 ;
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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.
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They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee , and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon ,
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And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
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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.
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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.
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And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan .
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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.
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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.
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Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be .
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There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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