This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. Jos 14:61Ki 13:11Ki 13:61Sa 2:271Sa 9:6-71Ti 6:112Pe 1:212Ti 3:17 He said, Hab 3:3Jud 1:14Rev 5:11Act 7:53Jdg 5:4-5Psa 68:17Psa 68:7-8Heb 2:2
“The LORD came from Sinai,
and rose from Seir to them.
He shone from Mount Paran.
He came from the ten thousands of holy ones.
At his right hand was a fiery law for them. 1
Yes, he loves the people. Luk 10:39Deu 7:6-8Mal 1:21Pe 1:5Act 22:3Col 3:3-4Eph 2:4-5Luk 8:35
All his saints are in your hand.
They sat down at your feet.
Each receives your words.
Moses commanded us a law, Jhn 1:17Jhn 7:19Psa 119:111Deu 9:26-29Psa 119:72
an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.
He was king in Jeshurun, Deu 32:15Jdg 17:6Exo 18:16Exo 18:19Gen 36:31Jdg 8:22Jdg 9:2Num 16:13-15
when the heads of the people were gathered,
all the tribes of Israel together.
“Let Reuben live, and not die; Gen 49:8Num 32:31-32Jos 22:1-9Gen 49:3-4
Nor let his men be few.”
This is for Judah. He said, Gen 49:8-12Psa 20:2Psa 21:81Co 15:252Sa 7:9-12Heb 7:14Isa 9:17Luk 19:27
“Hear, LORD, 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.”
About Levi he said, Exo 17:7Exo 28:30Num 20:13Lev 8:8Psa 106:161Sa 28:62Ch 23:6Deu 8:16
“Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one,
whom you proved at Massah,
with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ Exo 32:25-29Mat 10:37Jer 18:18Lev 21:11Luk 14:26Mat 12:481Ch 17:172Co 5:16
He didn’t acknowledge his brothers,
nor did he know his own children;
for they have observed your word,
and keep your covenant.
They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, Lev 10:11Psa 51:191Sa 2:28Deu 17:9-11Exo 30:7-8Ezk 43:272Ch 17:8-102Ch 26:18
and Israel your law.
They shall put incense before you,
and whole burnt offering on your altar.
LORD, bless his skills. 2Sa 24:23Ezk 20:40-41Ezk 43:271Th 4:8Amo 5:10Deu 18:1-5Isa 29:21Jer 15:10
Accept the work of his hands.
Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him,
of those who hate him, that they not rise again.”
About Benjamin he said, 2Ch 15:2Mat 23:37Psa 91:4Isa 51:161Ki 12:212Ch 11:12Ch 17:17-19Deu 12:10
“The beloved of the LORD will dwell in safety by him.
He covers him all day long.
He dwells between his shoulders.”
About Joseph he said, Gen 49:22-26Mic 5:7Gen 27:28-29Hos 14:5Isa 18:4Pro 19:12Pro 3:20Deu 32:2
“His land is blessed by the LORD,
for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew,
for the deep that couches beneath,
for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, 1Ti 6:172Sa 23:4Act 14:17Deu 28:8Lev 26:4Mal 4:2Mat 5:45Psa 104:19
for the precious things that the moon can yield,
for the best things of the ancient mountains, Hab 3:6Gen 49:26Jas 5:7
for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, Act 7:35Exo 3:2-4Gen 49:26Psa 24:12Co 12:7-10Act 7:30-33Gen 37:28Gen 37:36
the good will of him who lived in the bush. 2
Let this come on the head of Joseph,
on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.
Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. Num 23:221Ki 22:11Psa 44:5Gen 48:191Ch 5:1Num 24:8Psa 92:102Ch 18:10
His horns are the horns of the wild ox.
With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth.
They are the ten thousands of Ephraim.
They are the thousands of Manasseh.”
About Zebulun he said, Gen 49:13-15Jdg 5:14Jos 19:11
“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out;
and Issachar, in your tents.
They will call the peoples to the mountain. Isa 2:3Isa 60:5Psa 4:5Exo 15:17Psa 50:13-15Psa 51:16-171Pe 2:5Deu 32:13
There they will offer sacrifices of righteousness,
for they will draw out the abundance of the seas,
the hidden treasures of the sand.”
About Gad he said, 1Ch 12:8-14Gen 49:191Ch 12:37-381Ch 4:101Ch 5:18-21Gen 9:26-27Jos 13:10Jos 13:24-28
“He who enlarges Gad is blessed.
He dwells as a lioness,
and tears the arm and the crown of the head.
He provided the first part for himself, Jos 4:12-13Jdg 5:11Jdg 5:2Jos 1:14Jos 22:1-4Num 32:1-6Num 32:16-42
for the lawgiver’s portion was reserved for him.
He came with the heads of the people.
He executed the righteousness of the LORD,
His ordinances with Israel.”
About Dan he said, Jos 19:47Jdg 18:271Ch 12:35Gen 49:16-17Jdg 13:2Jdg 13:24-25Jdg 14:19Jdg 14:6
“Dan is a lion’s cub
that leaps out of Bashan.”
About Naphtali he said, Gen 49:21Jer 31:14Mat 4:16Psa 36:8Mat 4:13Jos 19:32-39Psa 90:14Isa 9:1-2
“Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
full of the LORD’s blessing,
Possess the west and the south.”
About Asher he said, Gen 49:20Job 29:6Pro 3:3-4Rom 14:18Psa 128:6Act 7:10Psa 128:3Exo 12:10
“Asher is blessed with children.
Let him be acceptable to his brothers.
Let him dip his foot in oil.
Your bars will be iron and bronze. Isa 41:10Col 1:11Isa 40:29Php 4:13Psa 138:32Ch 16:9Eph 6:102Co 12:9-10
As your days, so your strength will be.
“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, Exo 15:11Isa 43:11-13Hab 3:8Jer 10:6Isa 19:1Psa 104:3Psa 68:33-34Deu 32:15
who rides on the heavens for your help,
in his excellency on the skies.
The eternal God is your dwelling place. Psa 90:1-2Psa 18:2Isa 25:4Psa 46:1Psa 91:1-2Pro 18:10Psa 91:9Rom 16:20
Underneath are the everlasting arms.
He thrust out the enemy from before you,
and said, ‘Destroy!’
Israel dwells in safety, Num 23:9Gen 27:28Exo 33:16Jer 23:6Rev 21:27Deu 11:11Jer 33:16Psa 68:26
the fountain of Jacob alone,
In a land of grain and new wine.
Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
You are happy, Israel! Isa 12:2Isa 45:17Deu 4:7-8Psa 115:9-112Sa 7:23Gen 15:1Num 23:20-242Sa 22:45
Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD,
the shield of your help,
the sword of your excellency?
Your enemies will submit themselves to you.
You will tread on their high places.”