Deuteronomy 33:6–25

⁶Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number. ⁷And this is for Judah; and he saith:—Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And unto his people do Thou bring him in; His hand hath striven for him, And an help from his adversaries art Thou.

⁸And of Levi he said:—Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy pious one, Whom Thou hast tried in Massah, Thou dost strive with Him at the waters of Meribah; ⁹Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep. ¹⁰They teach Thy judgments to Jacob, And Thy law to Israel; They put perfume in Thy nose, And whole burnt-offering on Thine altar. ¹¹Bless, O Jehovah, his strength, And the work of his hands Thou acceptest, Smite the loins of his withstanders, And of those hating him—that they rise not!

¹²Of Benjamin he said:—The beloved of Jehovah doth tabernacle confidently by him, Covering him over all the day; Yea, between his shoulders He doth tabernacle. ¹³And of Joseph he said:—Blessed of Jehovah is his land, By precious things of the heavens, By dew, and by the deep crouching beneath, ¹⁴And by precious things—fruits of the sun, And by precious things—cast forth by the moons, ¹⁵And by chief things—of the ancient mountains, And by precious things—of the age-during heights, ¹⁶And by precious things—of earth and its fulness, And the good pleasure Of Him who is dwelling in the bush,—Let it come for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of him Who is separate from his brethren. ¹⁷His honour is a firstling of his ox, And his horns are horns of a reem; By them peoples he doth push together To the ends of earth; And they are the myriads of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.

¹⁸And of Zebulun he said:—Rejoice, O Zebulun, in thy going out, And, O Issachar, in thy tents; ¹⁹Peoples to the mountain they call, There they sacrifice righteous sacrifices; For the abundance of the seas they suck, And hidden things hidden in the sand. ²⁰And of Gad he said:—Blessed of the Enlarger is Gad, As a lioness he doth tabernacle, And hath torn the arm—also the crown! ²¹And he provideth the first part for himself, For there the portion of the lawgiver is covered, And he cometh with the heads of the people; The righteousness of Jehovah he hath done, And His judgments with Israel.

²²And of Dan he said:—Dan is a lion’s whelp; he doth leap from Bashan. ²³And of Naphtali he said:—O Naphtali, satisfied with pleasure, And full of the blessing of Jehovah, West and south possess thou. ²⁴And of Asher he said:—Blessed with sons is Asher, Let him be accepted by his brethren, And dipping in oil his foot. ²⁵Iron and brass are thy shoes, And as thy days—thy strength.