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32.51 trespassed against Me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribath-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the children of Israel. For thou shalt see the land afar off; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.'

And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. And he said:


 * The came from Sinai,
 * And rose from Seir unto them;
 * He shined forth from mount Paran,
 * And He came from the myriads holy,
 * At His right hand was a fiery law unto them.
 * Yea, He loveth the peoples,
 * All His holy ones—they are in Thy hand;
 * And they sit down at Thy feet,
 * Receiving of Thy words.
 * Moses commanded us a law,
 * An inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
 * And there was a king in Jeshurun,
 * When the heads of the people were gathered,
 * All the tribes of Israel together.


 * Let Reuben live, and not die
 * In that his men become few.


 * And this for Judah, and he said:
 * Hear,, the voice of Judah,
 * And bring him in unto his people;
 * His hands shall contend for him,
 * And Thou shalt be a help against his adversaries.


 * And of Levi he said:
 * Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one,
 * Whom Thou didst prove at Massah,
 * With whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
 * Who said of his father, and of his mother: 'I have not seen him';
 * Neither did he acknowledge his brethren,
 * Nor knew he his own children;
 * For they have observed Thy word,
 * And keep Thy covenant.
 * They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances,
 * And Israel Thy law;
 * They shall put incense before Thee,
 * And whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar.
 * Bless,, his substance,
 * And accept the work of his hands;
 * Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him,
 * And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.


 * Of Benjamin he said:
 * The beloved of the shall dwell in safety by Him;
 * He covereth him all the day,
 * And He dwelleth between his shoulders.


 * And of Joseph he said:
 * Blessed of the be his land;
 * For the precious things of heaven, for the dew,
 * And for the deep that coucheth beneath,
 * And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun,
 * And for the precious things of the yield of the moons,
 * And for the tops of the ancient mountains,
 * And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
 * And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof,
 * And the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush;