Deuteronomy 33
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Deuteronomy 33
Moses’s Final Blessing on Israel
1 #
Josh 14.6
This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God, blessed the Israelites before his death. 2#Dan 7.10; Hab 3.3; Acts 7.53; Gal 3.19; Rev 5.11He said,
“The Lord came from Sinai
and dawned from Seir upon us;#33.2 Gk Syr Vg Compare Tg: Heb upon them
he shone forth from Mount Paran.
With him were myriads of holy ones,#33.2 Cn Compare Gk Sam Syr Vg: MT He came from Ribeboth-kodesh,
at his right, a host of his own.#33.2 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
3 #
Deut 14.2; Hos 11.1 Indeed, O favorite among#33.3 Or O lover of the peoples,
all his holy ones were in your charge;
they marched at your heels,
accepted direction from you.
4 #
Ps 119.111; Jn 1.17 Moses charged us with the law
as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
5There arose a king in Jeshurun
when the leaders of the people assembled,
the united tribes of Israel.
6May Reuben live and not die out,
even though his numbers are few.”
7 #
Gen 49.8–12
And this he said of Judah,
“O Lord, give heed to Judah,
and bring him to his people;
strengthen his hands for him,#33.7 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
and be a help against his adversaries.”
8 #
Ex 17.7; 28.30 And of Levi he said,
“Give to Levi#33.8 Q ms Gk: MT lacks Give to Levi your Thummim
and your Urim to your loyal one,
whom you tested at Massah,
with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah,
9 #
Ex 32.26–29
who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
he ignored his kin
and did not acknowledge his children.
For they observed your word
and kept your covenant.
10 #
Ex 30.7, 8; Deut 31.9–13; Ps 51.19 They teach Jacob your ordinances
and Israel your law;
they place incense before you
and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
11 #
2 Sam 24.23; Ps 20.3 Bless, O Lord, his substance,
and accept the work of his hands;
crush the loins of his adversaries,
of those who hate him, so that they do not rise again.”
12Of Benjamin he said,
“The beloved of the Lord rests in safety—
the Most High#33.12 Cn: Heb above him surrounds him all day long—
and he rests between his shoulders.”
13 #
Gen 27.28; 49.25 And of Joseph he said,
“Blessed by the Lord be his land,
with the choice gifts of heaven above
and of the deep that lies beneath,
14with the choice fruits of the sun
and the rich yield of the months,
15 #
Gen 49.26
with the finest produce of the ancient mountains
and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
16 #
Ex 3.2, 4; Acts 7.30, 35 with the choice gifts of the earth and its fullness
and the favor of the one who dwells on Sinai.#33.16 Cn: Heb in the bush
Let these come on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of the prince among his brothers.
17 #
Num 23.22; Ps 44.5 A firstborn#33.17 Q ms Gk Syr Vg: MT His firstborn bull—majesty is his!
His horns are the horns of a wild ox;
with them he gores the peoples
all together to the ends of the earth;
such are the myriads of Ephraim,
such the thousands of Manasseh.”
18 #
Gen 49.13–15
And of Zebulun he said,
“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
and Issachar, in your tents.
19 #
Ps 4.5; Isa 2.3 They call peoples to the mountain;
there they offer the right sacrifices,
for they suck the affluence of the seas
and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
20 #
Gen 49.19
And of Gad he said,
“Blessed be the enlargement of Gad!
Like a lion he lives;
he tears at arm and scalp.
21 #
Num 31; 32; Josh 4.12; 22.1–3 He chose the best for himself,
for there a commander’s allotment was reserved;
he came at the head of the people;
he executed the justice of the Lord
and his ordinances with Israel.”
22 #
Gen 49.16
And of Dan he said,
“Dan is a lion’s whelp
that leaps forth from Bashan.”
23 #
Gen 49.21
And of Naphtali he said,
“O Naphtali, sated with favor,
full of the blessing of the Lord,
possess the west and the south.”
24 #
Gen 49.20; Job 29.6 And of Asher he said,
“Most blessed of sons be Asher;
may he be the favorite of his brothers,
and may he dip his foot in oil.
25 #
Deut 4.40; 32.47 Your bars are iron and bronze,
and as your days, so is your strength.#33.25 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
26 #
Ex 15.11; Ps 68.33, 34 There is none like God, O Jeshurun,
who rides through the heavens to your help,
majestic through the clouds.
27 #
Josh 24.18; Ps 90.1, 2 He subdues the ancient gods,#33.27 Cn: Heb The eternal God is a dwelling place
shatters#33.27 Cn: Heb from underneath the forces of old;#33.27 Or the everlasting arms
he drove out the enemy before you
and said, ‘Destroy!’
28 #
Gen 27.28; Num 23.9 So Israel lives in safety,
untroubled is Jacob’s abode#33.28 Or fountain
in a land of grain and wine,
where the heavens drop down dew.
29 #
Deut 32.13; 2 Sam 7.23; Ps 18.44; 144.15 Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you,
a people saved by the Lord,
the shield of your help
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
but you shall tread on their backs.”
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