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17 May the firstborn of his bull be honorable to him,
    and may his horns be those of a wild ox.
With them may he push people all together,
    to the ends of the earth.
These are the myriads[a] of Ephraim
    and the thousands of Manasseh.”

Zebulun and Issachar

18 About Zebulun he said:

“Zebulun, rejoice as you go out
    and Issachar, in being inside your tents.
19 They will call the nations[b] to the mountain,
    and there they will offer righteous sacrifices,
for they’ll draw from the abundance of the sea
    and from the hidden treasures of the sand.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:17 Or the countless ones; Lit. the ten thousands
  2. Deuteronomy 33:19 Lit. peoples

17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
    his horns(A) are the horns of a wild ox.(B)
With them he will gore(C) the nations,
    even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;(D)
    such are the thousands of Manasseh.(E)

18 About Zebulun(F) he said:

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
    and you, Issachar,(G) in your tents.
19 They will summon peoples to the mountain(H)
    and there offer the sacrifices of the righteous;(I)
they will feast on the abundance of the seas,(J)
    on the treasures hidden in the sand.”

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