1. This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death.
2. He said: “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.
3. Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction,
4. the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.
5. He was king over Jeshurun when the leaders of the people assembled, along with the tribes of Israel.
6. “Let Reuben live and not die, nor his people be few.”
7. And this he said about Judah: “Hear, Lord, the cry of Judah; bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause. Oh, be his help against his foes!”
8. About Levi he said: “Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful servant. You tested him at Massah; you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.