¶This is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

He said,

“Yahweh came from Sinai,

And rose from Seir to them.

He shone forth from Mount Paran.

He came from the ten thousands of holy ones.

At his right hand was a fiery law for them.

¶This is the blessing of Judah: and he said,

“Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah.

Bring him in to his people.

With his hands he contended for himself.

You shall be a help against his adversaries.”

¶Of Levi he said,

“Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one,

whom you proved at Massah,

with whom you strove at the waters of Meribah;

¶Of Benjamin he said,

“The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by him.

He covers him all the day long.

He dwells between his shoulders.”

¶Of Joseph he said,

“His land is blessed by Yahweh,

for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew,

for the deep that couches beneath,

¶Of Zebulun he said,

“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out;

and Issachar, in your tents.

¶Of Gad he said,

“He who enlarges Gad is blessed.

He dwells as a lioness,

and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.

¶Of Dan he said,

“Dan is a lion’s cub

that leaps out of Bashan.”

¶Of Naphtali he said,

“Naphtali, satisfied with favor,

full of the blessing of Yahweh,

Possess the west and the south.”

¶Of Asher he said,

“Asher is blessed with children.

Let him be acceptable to his brothers.

Let him dip his foot in oil.