Deuteronomy:33

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* And this [is ] the (note :)This blessing contains not only a simple prayer , but an assurance of the effect of it .(:note ) blessing , wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death . * 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 (note :)Meaning , infinite angels .(:note ) thousands of saints : from his right hand [went ] a fiery law for them . * Yea , he loved the people ; (note :)Hebrew , his saints , that is , the children of Israel .(:note ) all his saints [are ] in thy hand : and they sat down at As thy disciples . thy feet ; [every one ] shall receive of thy words . * Moses commanded us a law , [even ] the (note :)To us and our successors .(:note ) inheritance of the congregation of Jacob . * Then he was among the righteous people , as King , when the heades of the people , and the tribes of Israel were assembled . * Let (note :)Reuben will be one of the tribes of God 's people , though for his sin his honour is diminished , and his family but small .(:note ) Reuben live , and not die ; and let [not ] his men be few . * 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 (note :)Signifying , that he would barely obtain Jacob 's promise , ( Gen_49:8 ).(:note ) sufficient for him ; and be thou an help [to him ] from his enemies . * And of Leui he said , Let thy Thummim and thine Vrim be with thine Holy one , whome thou diddest proue in Massah , and didst cause him to striue at the waters of Meribah . * Who said unto his father and to his mother , (note :)He preferred God 's glory to all natural affection , ( Exo_28:30 ).(:note ) 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 . * They shall teach Iaakob thy iudgements , &amp ; Israel thy Lawe : they shall put incense before thy face , and the burnt offring vpon thine altar . * Bless , LORD , his substance , and accept the work of his hands : smite (note :)He declares that the ministers of God have many enemies , and therefore need to be prayed for .(:note ) through the loins of them that rise against him , and of them that hate him , that they rise not again . * [And ] of Benjamin he said , The beloved of the LORD shall (note :)Because the temple would be built in Zion , which was in the tribe of Benjamin , he shows that God would dwell with him there .(:note ) dwell in safety by him ; [and the LORD ] shall cover him all the day long , and he shall dwell between his shoulders . * And of Ioseph hee sayde , Blessed of the Lord is his land for the sweetenesse of heauen , for the dewe , and for the depth lying beneath , * And for the sweete increase of the sunne , and for the sweete increase of the moone , * And for the sweetenes of the top of the ancient mountaines , and for the sweetenes of the olde hilles , * And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof , and [for ] the good will of him that dwelt in the (note :)Which was God appearing to Moses , ( Exo_3:2 ).(:note ) 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 . * His beautie shalbe like his first borne bullock , &amp ; his hornes as the hornes of an vnicorne : with them hee shall smite the people together , euen the endes of the world : these are also the ten thousands of Ephraim , and these are the thousands of Manasseh . * And of Zebulun he said , Rejoice , Zebulun , in thy (note :)In thy prosperous voyages on the sea , ( Gen_49:13 ).(:note ) going out ; and , Issachar , in thy tents . * They shall call the people unto the mountain ; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness : for (note :)The tribe of Zebulun .(:note ) they shall suck [of ] the abundance of the seas , and [of ] treasures hid in the sand . * Also of Gad he said , Blessed be hee that enlargeth Gad : he dwelleth as a lion , that catcheth for his praye the arme with the head . * And he provided the first part for himself , because there , [in ] a portion of the (note :)So the portion of the Gadites , and others on this side of the Jordan was God 's , though it was not so known .(:note ) 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 . * And of Dan he said , Dan is a lions whelp : he shall leape from Bashan . * And of Naphtali he said , O Naphtali , satisfied with favour , and full with the blessing of the LORD : possess thou (note :)Meaning , near the sea .(:note ) the west and the south . * And of Asher he saide , Asher shalbe blessed with children : he shalbe acceptable vnto his brethren , and shall dippe his foote in oyle . * Thy shoes [shall be ] (note :)You will be strong or , your country full of metal . It seems that Simeon is left out , because he was under Judah , and his portion of his inheritance , ( Jos_19:9 ).(:note ) iron and brass ; and as thy days , [so shall ] thy strength [be ]. * There is none like God , O righteous people , which rideth vpon the heauens for thine helpe , and on the cloudes in his glory . * The eternall God is thy refuge , and vnder his armes thou art for euer : hee shall cast out the enemie before thee , and will say , Destroy them . * Israel then shall dwell in safety alone : (note :)Who was plentiful in issue as a fountain .(:note ) the fountain of Jacob [shall be ] upon a land of corn and wine ; also his heavens shall drop down dew . * 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 (note :)Your enemies for fear shall lie and pretend to be in subjection .(:note ) thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places .

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