Deuteronomy 33:6-25

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^6 (A)“Let Reuben live, and not die,
    but let his men be few.”

“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,
    and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend^[a] for him,
    and be a help against his adversaries.”

“Give to Levi^{[b] (C)}your Thummim,
    and your Urim to your godly one,
^(D)whom you tested at Massah,
    with whom you quarrelled at the waters of Meribah;
⁹ who said of his father and mother,
    ‘I regard them not’;
^(E)he disowned his brothers
    and ignored his children.
For ^(F)they observed your word
    and kept your covenant.
^10 (G)They shall teach Jacob your rules
    and Israel your law;
^(H)they shall put incense before you
    and ^(I)whole burnt offerings on your altar.
¹¹ Bless, O Lord, his substance,
    and ^(J)accept the work of his hands;
crush the loins of his adversaries,
    of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

“The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety.
The High God^[c] surrounds him all day long,
    and dwells between his shoulders.”

^(M)“Blessed by the Lord be his land,
    with the choicest gifts of heaven ^(N)above,^[d]
    and of the deep that crouches beneath,
¹⁴ with the choicest fruits of the sun
    and the rich yield of the months,
¹⁵ with the finest produce of the ancient mountains
    and the abundance of ^(O)the everlasting hills,
¹⁶ with the best gifts of the earth and ^(P)its fullness
    and the favour of ^(Q)him who dwells in the bush.
May these rest on the head of Joseph,
    on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.
^17 (R)A firstborn bull^[e]—he has majesty,
    and his horns are the horns of a ^(S)wild ox;
with them ^(T)he shall gore the peoples,
    all of them, to the ends of the earth;
^(U)they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
    and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

^(V)“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
    and Issachar, in your tents.
¹⁹ They shall call peoples ^(W)to their mountain;
    there they offer ^(X)right sacrifices;
for they draw from the abundance of the seas
    and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!
    Gad crouches ^(Z)like a lion;
    he tears off arm and scalp.
^21 (AA)He chose the best of the land for himself,
    for there a commander's portion was reserved;
and ^(AB)he came with the heads of the people,
    with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord,
    and his judgements for Israel.”

^(AD)“Dan is a lion's cub
    ^(AE)that leaps from Bashan.”

“O Naphtali, sated with favour,
    and full of the blessing of the Lord,
    ^(AG)possess the lake^[f] and the south.”

“Most blessed of sons be Asher;
    let him be the favourite of his brothers,
    and let him ^(AI)dip his foot in oil.
²⁵ Your bars shall be iron and bronze,
    and as your days, so shall your strength be.