Deuteronomy 33:6–25

⁶“^aMay Reuben live and not die,

Nor his men be few.”

^7aAnd this regarding Judah; so he said,

“Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah,

And bring him to his people.

With his hands he contended for ¹them,

And may You be a help against his adversaries.”

⁸Of Levi he said,

“Let Your ^aThummim and Your Urim belong to ¹Your ^bholy one,

^cWhom You tested at Massah,

²With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;

^9aWho said of his father and his mother,

‘I did not consider them’;

And he did not recognize his brothers,

Nor did he know his own sons,

For ^bthey kept Your word,

And they observed Your covenant.

¹⁰“^aThey shall ¹teach Your judgments to Jacob,

And Your law to Israel.

^bThey shall put incense ²before You,

And ^cwhole burnt offerings on Your altar.

¹¹“O Yahweh, bless his substance,

And accept the work of his hands;

Crush the loins of those who rise up against him,

And those who hate him, so that they will not rise again.”

¹²Of Benjamin he said,

“^aMay the beloved of Yahweh dwell in security by Him,

^bWho shields him all the day,

^cAnd he dwells between His shoulders.”

¹³Of Joseph he said,

“^aBlessed of Yahweh be his land,

With the choice things of heaven, with the dew,

And from the deep lying beneath,

¹⁴And with the choice produce of the sun,

And with the choice yield of the months,

¹⁵And with the ¹best things of ^athe ancient mountains,

And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,

¹⁶And with the choice things of the earth and its fullness,

And the favor ^aof Him who dwelt in the bush.

Let it come to the head of Joseph,

And to the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

¹⁷“As the firstborn of his ox, splendor is his,

And his horns are the horns of ^athe wild ox;

With them he will ^bpush the peoples,

All ¹at once, to the ends of the earth.

And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”

^18aOf Zebulun he said,

“Be glad, Zebulun, in your going forth,

And, Issachar, in your tents.

¹⁹“^aThey will call peoples to the mountain;

There they will offer ^brighteous sacrifices;

For they will ¹draw out ^cthe abundance of the seas,

And the hidden treasures of the sand.”

^20aOf Gad he said,

“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;

He lies down ^bas a ¹lion,

And tears the arm, also the top of the head.

²¹“^aThen he ¹provided the first part for himself,

^bFor there the ruler’s portion was ²reserved;

^cAnd he came with the heads of the people;

^dHe did the righteousness of Yahweh,

And His judgments with Israel.”

^22aOf Dan he said,

“Dan is ^ba lion’s whelp,

That leaps forth from Bashan.”

²³Of Naphtali he said,

“^aO Naphtali, satisfied with favor,

And full of the blessing of Yahweh,

Take possession of the sea and the south.”

^24aOf Asher he said,

“More blessed than sons is Asher;

May he be favored by his brothers,

^bAnd may he dip his foot in oil.

²⁵“^aYour locks will be iron and bronze,

^bAnd according to your days, so your fortitude will be.