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when
1Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
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Thus the LORD
2became king in
3Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.
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4"Let Reuben live, and not die, but let his men be few."
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And this he said of Judah: "Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him in to his people. With your hands contend for him, and be a help against his adversaries."
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And
5of Levi he said, "Give to Levi
6 your Thummim, and your Urim to your godly one,
7whom you tested at Massah, with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
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who said of his father and mother, 'I regard them not';
8he disowned his brothers and ignored his children. For
9they observed your word and kept your covenant.
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10They shall teach Jacob your rules and Israel your law;
11they shall put incense before you and
12whole burnt offerings on your altar.
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Bless, O LORD, his substance, and
13accept the work of his hands; crush the loins of his adversaries, of those who hate him, that they rise not again."
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14Of Benjamin he said, "The beloved of the LORD dwells in safety. The High God surrounds him all day long, and dwells between his shoulders."
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And
15of Joseph he said,
16"Blessed by the LORD be his land, with the choicest gifts of heaven
17above, and of the deep that crouches beneath,
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with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months,