Deuteronomy 33:8–11

And of Levi he said,

“Give to Levi your Thummim,

and your Urim to your godly one,

whom you tested at Massah,

with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

who said of his father and mother,

‘I regard them not’;

he disowned his brothers

and ignored his children.

For they observed your word

and kept your covenant.

They shall teach Jacob your rules

and Israel your law;

they shall put incense before you

and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

Bless, O Lord, his substance,

and accept the work of his hands;

crush the loins of his adversaries,

of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

About Levi he said:

“Your Thummim and Urim belong

to your faithful servant.

You tested him at Massah;

you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.

He said of his father and mother,

‘I have no regard for them.’

He did not recognize his brothers

or acknowledge his own children,

but he watched over your word

and guarded your covenant.

He teaches your precepts to Jacob

and your law to Israel.

He offers incense before you

and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

Bless all his skills, Lord,

and be pleased with the work of his hands.

Strike down those who rise against him,

his foes till they rise no more.”

He said about Levi:

Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful one;

you tested him at Massah

and contended with him at the Waters of Meribah.

He said about his father and mother,

“I do not regard them.”

He disregarded his brothers

and didn’t acknowledge his sons,

for they kept your word

and maintained your covenant.

They will teach your ordinances to Jacob

and your instruction to Israel;

they will set incense before you

and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

Lord, bless his possessions,

and accept the work of his hands.

Break the back of his adversaries and enemies,

so that they cannot rise again.

Moses said this about the tribe of Levi:

“O Lord, you have given your Thummim and Urim—the sacred lots—

to your faithful servants the Levites.

You put them to the test at Massah

and struggled with them at the waters of Meribah.

The Levites obeyed your word

and guarded your covenant.

They were more loyal to you

than to their own parents.

They ignored their relatives

and did not acknowledge their own children.

They teach your regulations to Jacob;

they give your instructions to Israel.

They present incense before you

and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar.

Bless the ministry of the Levites, O Lord,

and accept all the work of their hands.

Hit their enemies where it hurts the most;

strike down their foes so they never rise again.”

And of Levi he said,

“Your Thummim and your Urim

are for your faithful one,

whom you tested at Massah;

you contended with him

at the waters of Meribah.

The one saying of his father and of his mother,

‘I have not regarded them,’

and his brothers he did not acknowledge,

and his children he did not know,

but rather they observed your word,

and your covenant they kept.

They taught your regulations to Jacob,

and your law to Israel;

they placed incense smoke before you,

and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

Bless, O Yahweh, his substance,

and with the work of his hands you must be pleased;

smite the loins of those who attack him,

and those hating him, so that they cannot arise.”

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;

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.

They shall teach Jacob thy judgments,

And Israel thy law:

They shall put incense before thee,

And whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.

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.