New American Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 33:8-15 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

8. Of Levi he said, "Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man, Whom You proved at Massah, With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;

9. Who said of his father and his mother, 'I did not consider them'; And he did not acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he regard his own sons, For they observed Your word, And kept Your covenant.

10. "They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, And Your law to Israel. They shall put incense before You, And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

11. "O Lord, bless his substance, And accept the work of his hands; Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him, And those who hate him, so that they will not rise again."

12. Of Benjamin he said, "May the beloved of the Lord dwell in security by Him, Who shields him all the day, And he dwells between His shoulders."

13. Of Joseph he said, "Blessed of the Lord be his land, With the choice things of heaven, with the dew, And from the deep lying beneath,

14. And with the choice yield of the sun, And with the choice produce of the months.

15. "And with the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,