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The blessing of Moses is a text appearing at Deuteronomy 33:2 - 27, believed to have originally been an independant source text incorporated by the deuteronomist source for the torah, according to the documentary hypothesis.

The blessing of Moses

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
 * And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
 * Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
 * 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.
 * 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;
 * 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.
 * They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law:
 * they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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,
 * And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
 * And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * And of Zebulun he said,
 * Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * And of Dan he said,
 * Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
 * There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 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.