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Deuteronomy 33:2-9 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

2. And he said: "The Lord went forth from Sinai, and he arose for us from Seir. He appeared from Mount Paran, and thousands of holy ones were with him. The fiery law was in his right hand.

3. He loved the people; all the holy ones are in his hand. And those who approach his feet shall receive from his doctrine.

4. Moses instructed us in the law, the inheritance of the multitude of Jacob.

5. The king shall have great righteousness, at the gathering of the princes of the people with the tribes of Israel.

6. Let Ruben live, and not die, and may he be small in number."

7. This is the blessing of Judah. "Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and lead him to his people. His hands shall fight for him, and he shall be his helper against his adversaries."

8. Likewise, to Levi he said: "Your perfection and your doctrine are for your holy man, whom you have proven by temptation, and whom you have judged at the Waters of Contradiction.

9. He has said to his father and to his mother, 'I do not know you,' and to his brothers, 'I will disregard you.' And they have not known their own sons. Such as these have kept your word and have observed your covenant: