Moses blesses tribes of Israel—Levi blessed to teach the Lord’s judgments and his law—Joseph blessed above all; he shall gather Israel in latter days—Israel shall triumph.

 AND this is the blessing, wherewith ^aMoses^• the ^bman^• of God ^cblessed^• the children of ^dIsrael before his death.

 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he ^ashined^• forth from mount ^bParan^•, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

 Yea, he loved the people; all his ^asaints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy ^bfeet^•; every one shall receive of thy words.

 Moses commanded us a ^alaw, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

 ¶ Let ^aReuben^• live, and not die; and let not his men be ^bfew^•.

 ¶ And this is the blessing of ^aJudah: 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 ^bhelp^• to him from his enemies.

 ¶ And of ^aLevi^• he said, Let thy Thummim and thy ^bUrim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst ^cstrive^• at the waters of ^dMeribah^•;

 Who said ^aunto^• his father and to his mother, I ^bhave^• 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 ^ateach^• Jacob thy ^bjudgments^•, 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.

 ¶ And of ^aBenjamin^• he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.

 ¶ And of ^aJoseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his ^bland, for the ^cprecious^• things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting ^ahills^•,

 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the ^abush^•: let the ^bblessing^• come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.

 His ^aglory^• is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of ^bunicorns^•: with them he shall ^cpush^• the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of ^dEphraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

 ¶ And of ^aZebulun^• he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, ^bIssachar^•, in thy tents.

 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

 ¶ And of ^aGad^• he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm ^bwith^• the crown of the head.

 And he provided the ^afirst^• part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came ^bwith^• the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

 ¶ And of ^aDan^• he said, Dan is a ^blion’s^• whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.

 ¶ And of ^aNaphtali^• he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the ^bwest^• and the south.

 ¶ And of ^aAsher^• he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

 Thy ^ashoes^• shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

 ¶ There is none like unto the God of ^aJeshurun^•, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his ^bexcellency^• on the sky.

 The ^aeternal God is thy ^brefuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the ^cenemy^• from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.

 ^aIsrael then shall dwell in ^bsafety^• alone: the ^cfountain^• of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his ^dheavens^• shall drop down dew.

 ^aHappy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the ^bshield^• of thy help, and who is the sword of thy ^cexcellency^•! and thine enemies shall ^dbe^• found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their ^ehigh^• places.