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And he was king in Jeshurun when the heads of the people, the tribes of Israel, were gathered together as one.
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Let Reuben live and not die, and let
not his men be few.
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And this
blessing is for 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 to 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 them; neither did he acknowledge his brethren nor know his own children; therefore, they shall keep thy word and guard thy covenant.
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They shall teach Jacob thy judgments and Israel thy law; they shall put incense before thy nostrils and a perfect
sacrifice upon thine altar.
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Bless, O LORD, his ministry, {Heb. men of valour} and take pleasure in the work of his hands; smite through the loins of those that rise up against him and of those that hate him that they may never rise again.
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And to 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 to Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD
is his land, for the gifts of the heavens, for the dew, and for the deep that is stretched out beneath,
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and for the gifts of the fruits of the sun and for the gifts of the influence of the moon,
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and for the summit of the ancient mountains and for the gifts of the everlasting hills,