Deuteronomy 33:6–25

⁶“Let ^oReuben live, and not die,

Nor let his men be few.”

⁷And this he said of ^pJudah:

“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,

And bring him to his people;

^qLet his hands be sufficient for him,

And may You be ^ra help against his enemies.”

⁸And of ^sLevi he said:

^t“Let Your ²Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,

^uWhom You tested at Massah,

And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

^9vWho says of his father and mother,

‘I have not ^wseen them’;

^xNor did he acknowledge his brothers,

Or know his own children;

For ^ythey have observed Your word

And kept Your covenant.

^10zThey shall teach Jacob Your judgments,

And Israel Your law.

They shall put incense before You,

^aAnd a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.

¹¹Bless his substance, Lord,

And ^baccept the work of his hands;

Strike the loins of those who rise against him,

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

¹²Of Benjamin he said:

“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,

Who shelters him all the day long;

And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”

¹³And of Joseph he said:

^c“Blessed of the Lord is his land,

With the precious things of heaven, with the ^ddew,

And the deep lying beneath,

¹⁴With the precious fruits of the sun,

With the precious produce of the months,

¹⁵With the best things of ^ethe ancient mountains,

With the precious things ^fof the everlasting hills,

¹⁶With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,

And the favor of ^gHim who dwelt in the bush.

Let the blessing come ^h‘on the head of Joseph,

And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.’

¹⁷His glory is like a ⁱfirstborn bull,

And his horns like the ^jhorns of the wild ox;

Together with them

^kHe shall push the peoples

To the ends of the earth;

^lThey are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

¹⁸And of Zebulun he said:

^m“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,

And Issachar in your tents!

¹⁹They shall ⁿcall the peoples to the mountain;

There ^othey shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;

For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas

And of treasures hidden in the sand.”

²⁰And of Gad he said:

“Blessed is he who ^penlarges Gad;

He dwells as a lion,

And tears the arm and the crown of his head.

^21qHe provided the first part for himself,

Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there.

^rHe came with the heads of the people;

He administered the justice of the Lord,

And His judgments with Israel.”

²²And of Dan he said:

“Dan is a lion’s whelp;

^sHe shall leap from Bashan.”

²³And of Naphtali he said:

“O Naphtali, ^tsatisfied with favor,

And full of the blessing of the Lord,

^uPossess the west and the south.”

²⁴And of Asher he said:

^v“Asher is most blessed of sons;

Let him be favored by his brothers,

And let him ^wdip his foot in oil.

²⁵Your sandals shall be ^xiron and bronze;

As your days, so shall your strength be.