1Now this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death, and said,
2The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them, and appeared clearly from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of Saints, and at his right hand a fiery Law for them.
3Though he love the people, yet all thy Saints are in thine hands: and they are humbled at thy feet, to receive thy words.
4Moses commanded us a Law for an inheritance of the Congregation of Jacob.
5Then he was among the righteous people, as King, when the heads of the people, and the tribes of Israel were assembled.
6Let Reuben live, and not die, though his men be a small number.
7And thus he blessed Judah, and said, Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: his hands shall be sufficient for him, if thou help him against his enemies.
8And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thine Urim be with thine Holy one, whom thou didst prove in Massah, and didst cause him to strive at the waters of Meribah.
9Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him, neither knew he his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they observed thy word, and kept thy Covenant.
10They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy Law: they shall put incense before thy face, and the burnt offering upon thine Altar.
11Bless, O 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.
12Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him: the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and dwell between his shoulders.
13And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord is his land for the sweetness of heaven, for the dew, and for the depth lying beneath,
14And for the sweet increase of the Sun, and for the sweet increase of the Moon,
15And for thy sweetness of the top of the ancient mountains, and for the sweetness of the old hills,
16And for the sweetness of the earth, and abundance therefore: and the good will of him that dwelt in the bush, shall come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
17His beauty shall be like his firstborn bullock, and his horns as the horns of an unicorn: with them he shall smite the people together, even the ends of the world: these are also the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasseh.
18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and thou Issachar in thy tents.
19They shall call the people unto the mountain: there they shall offer the sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the sea, and of the treasures hid in the sand.
20Also of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, that catcheth for his prey the arm with the head.
21And he looked to himself at the beginning, because there was a portion of the Law-giver hid: yet he shall come with the heads of the people, to execute the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.
22And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
23Also of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and filled with the blessing of the Lord, possess the West and the South.
24And of Asher he said, Asher shall be blessed with children: he shall be acceptable unto his brethren, and shall dip his foot in oil.
25Thy shoes shall be iron and brass, and thy strength shall continue as long as thou livest.
26There is none like God, O righteous people, which rideth upon the heavens for thine help, and on the clouds in his glory.
27The eternal God is thy refuge, and under his arms thou art forever: he shall cast out the enemy before thee, and will say, Destroy them.
28Then Israel the fountain of Jacob shall dwell alone in safety in a land of wheat and wine: also his heavens shall drop the dew.
29Blessed art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thine help, and which is the sword of thy glory? therefore thine enemies shall be in subjection to thee, and thou shalt tread upon their high places.