4. A law Moses instructed for us, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
5. And then a king arose in Jeshurun, at the gathering of the leaders of the people, united were the tribes of Israel.
6. “May Reuben live, and may he not die, and let his number not be few.”
7. And he said this of Judah, “Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people; his own hands strive for him, and may you be a help against his foes.”
8. And of Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are for your faithful one, whom you tested at Massah; you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.
9. The one saying of his father and of his mother, ‘I have not regarded them,’ and his brothers he did not acknowledge, and his children he did not know, but rather they observed your word, and your covenant they kept.
10. They taught your regulations to Jacob, and your law to Israel; they placed incense smoke before you, and whole burnt offerings on your altar.