And this is the blessing, wherewith ^aMoses the ^bman of God ^cblessed the children of ^dIsrael before his death.

 2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he ^ashined forth from mount ^bParan, 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 ^asaints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy ^bfeet; every one shall receive of thy words.

 4 Moses commanded us a ^alaw, 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 ^aReuben live, and not die; and let not his men be ^bfew.

 7 And this is the blessing of ^aJudah: 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 ^bhelp to him from his enemies.

 8 And of ^aLevi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy ^bUrim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst ^cstrive at the waters of ^dMeribah;

 9 Who said ^aunto his father and to his mother, I ^bhave 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 ^ateach Jacob thy ^bjudgments, 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 ^aBenjamin 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 ^aJoseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his ^bland, for the ^cprecious 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,