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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 Reuben live, and not die; and let
not
his men be few.
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And this
is the blessing
of Judah: and he said, Hear, L
ORD
, 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.
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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;
9
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.
10
They shall teach Jacob thy
judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon
thine altar.
11
Bless, L
ORD
, 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 Benjamin he said, The beloved of the L
ORD
shall dwell in safety by him;
and the L
ORD
shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
13
And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the L
ORD
be
his land, for the precious things of heaven, for
the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
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And for the precious fruits
brought forth
by the
sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
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And for the chief things of the ancient
mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
16
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.
17
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.
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And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
19
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.
20
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.
21
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 L
ORD
, and his judgments with Israel.
22
And of Dan he said, Dan
is
a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
23
And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the
L
ORD
: possess thou the west and the south.
24
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.
25
Thy shoes
shall be
iron and brass; and as thy days,
so shall
thy
strength
be.
26
There is
none like unto the God of Jeshurun,
who
rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in
his excellency on the sky.
27
The eternal God
is thy
refuge, and underneath
are
the everlasting arms:
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