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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.
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Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
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And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
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"Let Reuben live, and not die, and let not his men be few."
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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 a help to him from his enemies."
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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,
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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.
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They shall teach Jacob Thy judgments and Israel Thy law; they shall put incense before Thee and whole burnt sacrifice upon Thine altar.
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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."
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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."
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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,