1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
6 ¶ Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
7 ¶ And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
8 ¶ And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. 11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
12 ¶ And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
13 ¶ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
18 ¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 19 They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
20 ¶ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
22 ¶ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
23 ¶ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
24 ¶ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be .
26 ¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them . 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
1 haec est benedictio qua benedixit Moses homo Dei filiis Israhel ante mortem suam
2 et ait
Dominus de Sina venit et de Seir ortus est nobis
apparuit de monte Pharan et cum eo sanctorum milia
in dextera eius ignea lex
3 dilexit populos
omnes sancti in manu illius sunt
et qui adpropinquant pedibus eius accipient de doctrina illius
4 legem praecepit nobis Moses hereditatem multitudinis Iacob
5 erit apud rectissimum rex
congregatis principibus populi cum tribubus Israhel
6 vivat Ruben et non moriatur et sit parvus in numero
7 haec est Iudae benedictio
audi Domine vocem Iudae et ad populum suum introduc eum
manus eius pugnabunt pro eo
et adiutor illius contra adversarios eius erit
8 Levi quoque ait
perfectio tua et doctrina tua viro sancto tuo
quem probasti in Temptatione et iudicasti ad aquas Contradictionis
9 qui dixit patri suo et matri suae nescio vos
et fratribus suis ignoro illos
et nescierunt filios suos
hii custodierunt eloquium tuum
et pactum tuum servaverunt
10 iudicia tua o Iacob et legem tuam o Israhel
ponent thymiama in furore tuo et holocaustum super altare tuum
11 benedic Domine fortitudini eius et opera manuum illius suscipe
percute dorsa inimicorum eius et qui oderunt eum non consurgant
12 et Beniamin ait amantissimus Domini habitabit confidenter in eo
quasi in thalamo tota die morabitur et inter umeros illius requiescet
13 Ioseph quoque ait de benedictione Domini terra eius
de pomis caeli et rore atque abysso subiacente
14 de pomis fructuum solis ac lunae
15 de vertice antiquorum montium de pomis collium aeternorum
16 et de frugibus terrae et plenitudine eius
benedictio illius qui apparuit in rubo veniat super caput Ioseph
et super verticem nazarei inter fratres suos
17 quasi primogeniti tauri pulchritudo eius
cornua rinocerotis cornua illius
in ipsis ventilabit gentes usque ad terminos terrae
hae sunt multitudines Ephraim et haec milia Manasse
18 et Zabulon ait laetare Zabulon in exitu tuo
et Isachar in tabernaculis tuis
19 populos ad montem vocabunt
ibi immolabunt victimas iustitiae
qui inundationem maris quasi lac sugent
et thesauros absconditos harenarum
20 et Gad ait
benedictus in latitudine Gad quasi leo requievit
cepitque brachium et verticem
21 et vidit principatum suum quod in parte sua doctor esset repositus
qui fuit cum principibus populi
et fecit iustitias Domini et iudicium suum cum Israhel
22 Dan quoque ait Dan catulus leonis fluet largiter de Basan
23 et Nepthalim dixit Nepthalim abundantia perfruetur
et plenus erit benedictione
Domini
mare et meridiem possidebit
24 Aser quoque ait benedictus in filiis Aser
sit placens fratribus suis tinguat in oleo
pedem suum
25 ferrum et aes calciamentum eius
sicut dies iuventutis tuae ita et senectus tua
26 non est alius ut Deus rectissimi
ascensor caeli auxiliator tuus magnificentia eius discurrunt nubes
27 habitaculum eius sursum et subter brachia sempiterna
eiciet a facie tua inimicum dicetque conterere
28 habitabit Israhel confidenter et solus
oculus Iacob in terra frumenti et vini caelique caligabunt rore
29 beatus tu Israhel quis similis tui popule qui salvaris
in Domino scutum auxilii tui et gladius gloriae tuae
negabunt te inimici tui et tu eorum colla calcabis