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15 and with[a] the finest things of the ancient mountains,
    and with[b] the choice things of the eternal hills,[c]
16 and with[d] the choice things of the earth and its fullness,
    and the favor of the one who dwelt[e] in the bush.[f]
Let them come to the head of Joseph,
    and to the crown of the prince among his brothers.
17 As the firstborn of his ox, majesty belongs to him,[g]
    and his horns are the horns of a wild ox;
with them he drives people together,[h]
    and they are the myriads of Ephraim,
    and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:15 Hebrew “from”
  2. Deuteronomy 33:15 Hebrew “from”
  3. Deuteronomy 33:15 Literally “the hills of eternity never ending ages
  4. Deuteronomy 33:16 Hebrew “from”
  5. Deuteronomy 33:16 Literally “dwells” but context puts the event into the past; literally “dweller of the bush”
  6. Deuteronomy 33:16 Some scholars suggest that this expression must be read as: on Sinai
  7. Deuteronomy 33:17 Literally “is for him”
  8. Deuteronomy 33:17 Or “all at once” (NASB)