1. And this {cf15I 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 {cf15I went} a fiery law for them.
3. Yea, he loved the people; all his saints {cf15I are} in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; {cf15I every one} shall receive of thy words.
4. Moses commanded us a law, {cf15I even} the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
5. And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people {cf15I and} the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
6. Let Reuben live, and not die; and let {cf15I not} his men be few.
7. And this {cf15I 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 {cf15I to him} from his enemies.
8. And of Levi he said, {cf15I Let} thy Thummim and thy Urim {cf15I be} with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, {cf15I 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. {cf15I And} of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I for} the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let {cf15I the blessing} come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him {cf15I that was} separated from his brethren.
17. His glory {cf15I is like} the firstling of his bullock, and his horns {cf15I are like} the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they {cf15I are} the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they {cf15I 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 {cf15I of} the abundance of the seas, and {cf15I of} treasures hid in the sand.
20. And of Gad he said, Blessed {cf15I 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, {cf15I in} a portion of the lawgiver, {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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, {cf15I Let} Asher {cf15I be} blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25. Thy shoes {cf15I shall be} iron and brass; and as thy days, {cf15I so shall} thy strength {cf15I be}.
26. {cf15I There is} none like unto the God of Jeshurun, {cf15I who} rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27. The eternal God {cf15I is thy} refuge, and underneath {cf15I are} the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy {cf15I them}.
28. Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob {cf15I shall be} upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
29. Happy {cf15I art} thou, O Israel: who {cf15I is} like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who {cf15I is} the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.