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trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel. ⁵²For thou shalt see the land afar off; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.'

וזאת הברכה

33And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. ²And he said:

The Lord came from Sinai,

And rose from Seir unto them;

He shined forth from mount Paran,

And He came from the myriads holy,

At His right hand was a fiery law unto them.

³Yea, He loveth the peoples,

All His holy ones—they are in Thy hand;

And they sit down at Thy feet,

Receiving of Thy words.

⁴Moses commanded us a law,

An inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

⁵And there was a king in Jeshurun,

When the heads of the people were gathered,

All the tribes of Israel together.

 

⁶Let Reuben live, and not die

In that his men become few.

 

⁷And this for Judah, and he said:

Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,

And bring him in unto his people;

His hands shall contend for him,

And Thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.

 

⁸And of Levi he said:

Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one,

Whom Thou didst prove at Massah,

With whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

⁹Who said of his father, and of his mother: 'I have not seen him';

Neither did he acknowledge his brethren,

Nor knew he his own children;

For they have observed Thy word,

And keep Thy covenant.

¹⁰They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances,

And Israel Thy law;

They shall put incense before Thee,

And whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar.

¹¹Bless, Lord, his substance,

And accept the work of his hands;

Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him,

And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

 

¹²Of Benjamin he said:

The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him;

He covereth him all the day,

And He dwelleth between his shoulders.

 

¹³And of Joseph he said:

Blessed of the Lord be his land;

For the precious things of heaven, for the dew,

And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

¹⁴And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun,

And for the precious things of the yield of the moons,

¹⁵And for the tops of the ancient mountains,

And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

¹⁶And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof,

And the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush;

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