4. Moses gave the Instruction to us—it’s the prized possession of Jacob’s assembly.
5. A king came to rule in Jeshurun,when the people’s leaders gathered together,when Israel’s tribes were one.
6. "I pray that Reuben lives, doesn’t die,though his numbers are so few."
7. Moses said this to Judah:"Lord, listen to Judah’s voice!Bring him back to his own people,strengthen his hands;be his help against every enemy."
8. Then he told Levi:"Give your Thummim to Levi,your Urim to your faithful one—the one you tested at Massah,the one you challenged by Meribah’s waters;
9. the one who said of his own mother and father:‘I don’t consider them as such’;of their siblings: ‘I don’t recognize them’;of their own children, ‘I don’t know them’—but who obeyed your wordsand who guarded your covenant!
10. They teach your case laws to Jacob,your Instruction to Israel.They hold sweet incense to your nose;put the entirely burned offering on your altar.