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Beauty pouring off the tops of the mountains and the best from the everlasting hills;
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The best of Earth's exuberant gifts, the smile of the Burning-Bush Dweller. All this on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the consecrated one among his brothers.
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In splendor he's like a firstborn bull, his horns the horns of a wild ox; He'll gore the nations with those horns, push them all to the ends of the Earth. Ephraim by the ten thousands will do this, Manasseh by the thousands will do this."
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Zebulun and Issachar: "Celebrate, Zebulun, as you go out, and Issachar, as you stay home.
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They'll invite people to the Mountain and offer sacrifices of right worship, For they will have hauled riches in from the sea and gleaned treasures from the beaches."
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Gad: "Blessed is he who makes Gad large. Gad roams like a lion, tears off an arm, rips open a skull.
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He took one look and grabbed the best place for himself, the portion just made for someone in charge. He took his place at the head, carried out God's right ways and his rules for life in Israel."
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Dan: "Dan is a lion's cub leaping out of Bashan."
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Naphtali: "Naphtali brims with blessings, spills over with God's blessings As he takes possession of the sea and southland."
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Asher: "Asher, best blessed of the sons! May he be the favorite of his brothers, his feet massaged in oil.
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Safe behind iron-clad doors and gates, your strength like iron as long as you live."