Deuteronomy

“Jehovah came from Sinai

and rose in the sky from Seʽir for them,

Beamed from the highland of Paran

and came from Meribah-of-Kadesh,

from the right hand of the steep of Moab.

3*** He cared for his people,

all his sacred ones, with his own hand;

And they fell in behind you,

took up words of yours

4 (a code Moses commanded to us).

His possession is the assemblage of Jacob,

5 and he became king in Jeshurun

When heads of the people came together,

the tribes of Israel unitedly.”

6 “Live Reuben long, not die,

but be his people few.”

7* And this is for Judah; and he said

“Hear Judah’s voice, Jehovah,

and bring him in to his people;

His own hands took his part,

and a help against his foes you will be.”

8** And for Levi he said

“Give to Levi your Thummim,

your Urim to the man of your friendship,

Whom you tested at Massah,

embroiled at Meribah Water,

9 Who said of his father and of his mother

‘I never saw him’

and did not recognize his brothers

nor know his sons,

Because they have kept your say

and observe your covenant.

10 Let them instruct Jacob in your laws

and Israel in your code,

Lay burning under your nostril

and holocaust on your altar.

11 Bless his valor, Jehovah,

and accept his handiwork;

Shatter the loins of those who stand up against him

and those who hate him, beyond their standing up.”

12* For Benjamin he said

“Jehovah’s darling shall dwell in safety:

He overarches him all day

and dwells between his shoulders.”

13* And for Joseph he said

“Blessed of Jehovah be his country

By dower of sky above

and by the deep that lies prostrate beneath,

14* By dower of crops of sun

and by dower of output of moons

15 And by tops of ancient mountains

and by dower of eternal hills

16 And by dower of earth and what it holds

and the goodwill of the Bush-Dweller.

Let them come for Joseph’s head

and for the brow of him who among his brothers was devotee.

17* His firstborn bull has stately port

and his horns are the horns of a ure:

With them he shall gore peoples,

the ends of the earth together.

These are the myriads of Ephraim

and these the thousands of Manasseh.”

18 And for Zebulun he said

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your outlet,

and, Issacar, in your tents.

19** They shall call peoples mountainward,

there they shall offer rightful sacrifices,

For they shall suck tides of seas

and the deepest-covered of things buried in sand.”

20* And for Gad he said

“Blessed be Gad’s widener!

He has lodged himself like a lion

and chews up arm and pate too.

21* And he looked out a prime part for himself

When their portions were determined there

and the heads of the people came together.

He did Jehovah’s righteous work

and his deeds of justice with Israel.”

22 And for Dan he said

“Dan is a lion-cub

that sallies out from the Bashan.”

23 And for Naphtali he said

“Naphtali, replete with Jehovah’s favor

and full of his blessing,

sea and south possess.”

24 And for Asher he said

“Most blessed of sons is Asher;

Be he esteemed by his brothers

and may he dip his feet in oil.”

25* “Be your locks iron and bronze,

and your strength match your lifetime.

26* There is none like Jeshurun’s Deity,

who rides the skies for his help,

the heavens for his pride:

27*** The old-time God is his covert

and the eternal arms are underneath,

And he has expelled enemies before him

and said ‘Root them out,’

28** And installed Israel in security,

Jacob’s spring alone,

In a country of grain and grape-juice;

his skies also drip dew.

29** Happy are you, Israel! who is like you,

a people saved by Jehovah,

Your shield of help

and your sword of pride,

That your enemies may cringe to you

while you tread their heights.”