Deuteronomy 33

Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

1 Now this is*Gen. 49:28the blessing with which Moses *Ps. 90the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said:

*Ex. 19:18, 20; Ps. 68:8, 17; Hab. 3:3"The Lord came from Sinai,

And dawned on them from *Deut. 2:1, 4Seir;

He shone forth from *Num. 10:12Mount Paran,

And He came with *Dan. 7:10; Acts 7:53; Rev. 5:11ten thousands of saints;

From His right hand

Came a fiery law for them.

3 Yes, *Ps. 47:4; Hos. 11:1He loves the people;

*1 Sam. 2:9All His saints are in Your hand;

They *(Luke 10:39)sit down at Your feet;

Everyone*Prov. 2:1receives Your words.

4 *Deut. 4:2; John 1:17; 7:19Moses commanded a law for us,

*Ps. 119:111A heritage of the congregation of Jacob.

5 And He was *Ex. 15:18King in *Deut. 32:15Jeshurun,

When the leaders of the people were gathered,

All the tribes of Israel together.

6 "Let *Gen. 49:3, 4Reuben live, and not die,

Nor let his men be few."

7 And this he said of *Gen. 49:8–12Judah:

"Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,

And bring him to his people;

*Gen. 49:8Let his hands be sufficient for him,

And may You be *Ps. 146:5a help against his enemies."

8 And of *Gen. 49:5Levi he said:

*Ex. 28:30; Lev. 8:8"Let Your Thummim and Your Urim be with Your holy one,

*Num. 20:2–13; Deut. 6:2, 3, 16; Ps. 81:7Whom You tested at Massah,

And with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah,

9 *(Num. 25:5–8; Matt. 10:37; 19:29)Who says of his father and mother,

‘I have not *(Gen. 29:32)seen them’;

*Ex. 32:26–28Nor did he acknowledge his brothers,

Or know his own children;

For *Mal. 2:5, 6they have observed Your word

And kept Your covenant.

10 *Lev. 10:11; Deut. 31:9–13; Mal. 2:7They shall teach Jacob Your judgments,

And Israel Your law.

They shall put incense before You,

*Lev. 1:9; Ps. 51:19And a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.

11 Bless his substance, Lord,

And *2 Sam. 24:23; Ezek. 20:40accept the work of his hands;

Strike the loins of those who rise against him,

And of those who hate him, that they rise not again."

12 Of Benjamin he said:

"The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,

Who shelters him all the day long;

And he shall dwell between His shoulders."

13 And of Joseph he said:

*Gen. 49:22–26"Blessed of the Lordis his land,

With the precious things of heaven, with the *Gen. 27:28dew,

And the deep lying beneath,

14 With the precious fruits of the sun,

With the precious produce of the months,

15 With the best things of *Gen. 49:26the ancient mountains,

With the precious things *Hab. 3:6of the everlasting hills,

16 With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,

And the favor of *Ex. 3:2–4; Acts 7:30–35Him who dwelt in the bush.

Let theblessing come *Gen. 49:26‘on the head of Joseph,

And on the crown of the head of him whowas separate from his brothers.’

17 His glory islike a *1 Chr. 5:1firstborn bull,

And his horns like the *Num. 23:22horns of the wild ox;

Together with them

*1 Kin. 22:11; Ps. 44:5He shall push the peoples

To the ends of the earth;

*Gen. 48:19They are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

And they are the thousands of Manasseh."

18 And of Zebulun he said:

*Gen. 49:13–15"Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,

And Issachar in your tents!

19 They shall *Ex. 15:17; Ps. 2:6; Is. 2:3call the peoples to the mountain;

There *Ps. 4:5; 51:19they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;

For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas

And of treasures hidden in the sand."

20 And of Gad he said:

"Blessed is he who *1 Chr. 12:8enlarges Gad;

He dwells as a lion,

And tears the arm and the crown of his head.

21 *Num. 32:16, 17He provided the first part for himself,

Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there.

*Josh. 4:12He came with the heads of the people;

He administered the justice of the Lord,

And His judgments with Israel."

22 And of Dan he said:

"Dan is a lion’s whelp;

*Gen. 49:16, 17; Josh. 19:47He shall leap from Bashan."

23 And of Naphtali he said:

"O Naphtali, *Gen. 49:21satisfied with favor,

And full of the blessing of the Lord,

*Josh. 19:32Possess the west and the south."

24 And of Asher he said:

*Gen. 49:20"Asher is most blessed of sons;

Let him be favored by his brothers,

And let him *Job 29:6dip his foot in oil.

25 Your sandals shallbe*Deut. 8:9iron and bronze;

As your days, soshall your strength be.

26 "Thereis*Ex. 15:11; Deut. 4:35; Ps. 86:8; Jer. 10:6no one like the God of *Deut. 32:15Jeshurun,

*Deut. 10:14; Ps. 68:3, 33, 34; 104:3Who rides the heavens to help you,

And in His excellency on the clouds.

27 The eternal God isyour*(Ps. 90:1; 91:2, 9)refuge,

And underneath are the everlasting arms;

*Deut. 9:3–5He will thrust out the enemy from before you,

And will say, ‘Destroy!’

28 Then *Deut. 33:12; Jer. 23:6; 33:16Israel shall dwell in safety,

*Deut. 8:7, 8The fountain of Jacob *Num. 23:9alone,

In a land of grain and new wine;

His *Gen. 27:28heavens shall also drop dew.

29 *Ps. 144:15Happy are you, O Israel!

*Deut. 4:32–34; 2 Sam. 7:23Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,

*Gen. 15:1; Ps. 115:9The shield of your help

And the sword of your majesty!

Your enemies *Ps. 18:44; 66:3shall submit to you,

And *Num. 33:52you shall tread down their high places."