Deuteronomy 33:7-28
English Standard Version
9who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothers and ignored his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant.
10 They shall teach Jacob your rules and Israel your law; they shall put incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
11Bless, O Lord, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; crush the loins of his adversaries, of those who hate him, that they rise not again."
12Of Benjamin he said, "The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety. The High God surrounds him all day long, and dwells between his shoulders."
14with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months,
15with the finest produce of the ancient mountains and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
16with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwells in the bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.
17 A firstborn bull — he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh."
18And of Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar, in your tents.
19They shall call peoples to their mountain; there they offer right sacrifices; for they draw from the abundance of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand."
20And of Gad he said, "Blessed be he who enlarges Gad! Gad crouches like a lion; he tears off arm and scalp.
21 He chose the best of the land for himself, for there a commander 's portion was reserved; and he came with the heads of the people, with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments for Israel."
22And of Dan he said, "Dan is a lion 's cub that leaps from Bashan."
25Your bars shall be iron and bronze, and as your days, so shall your strength be.
26 "There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty.
27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy.’
28So Israel lived in safety, Jacob lived alone, in a land of grain and wine, whose heavens drop down dew.
