| 1 | And this {is} the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. |
| 2 | And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand {went} a fiery law for them. |
| 3 | Yea, he loved the people; all his saints {are} in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; {every one} shall receive of thy words. |
| 4 | Moses commanded us a law, {even} the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. |
| 5 | And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people {and} the tribes of Israel were gathered together. |
| 6 | Let Reuben live, and not die; and let {not} his men be few. |
| 7 | And this {is the blessing} of Judah: 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 help {to him} from his enemies. |
| 8 | And of Levi he said, {Let} thy Thummim and thy Urim {be} with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, {and with} whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; |
| 9 | Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. |
| 10 | They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | {And} of Benjamin 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. |
| 13 | And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord {be} his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, |
| 14 | And for the precious fruits {brought forth} by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, |
| 15 | And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, |
| 16 | And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and {for} the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let {the blessing} come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him {that was} separated from his brethren. |
| 17 | His glory {is like} the firstling of his bullock, and his horns {are like} the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they {are} the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they {are} the thousands of Manasseh. |
| 18 | And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. |
| 19 | 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. |
| 20 | And of Gad he said, Blessed {be} he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. |
| 21 | And he provided the first part for himself, because there, {in} a portion of the lawgiver, {was he} seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel. |
| 22 | And of Dan he said, Dan {is} a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. |
| 23 | And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south. |
| 24 | And of Asher he said, {Let} Asher {be} blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. |
| 25 | Thy shoes {shall be} iron and brass; and as thy days, {so shall} thy strength {be}. |
| 26 | {There is} none like unto the God of Jeshurun, {who} rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. |
| 27 | The eternal God {is thy} refuge, and underneath {are} the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy {them}. |
| 28 | Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob {shall be} upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. |
| 29 | Happy {art} thou, O Israel: who {is} like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who {is} the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. |