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¹This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death.

²He said: The LORD came from Sinai and appeared to them from Seir; he shone on them from Mount Paran and came with ten thousand holy ones, with lightning from his right hand for them.

³Indeed he loves the people. All your holy ones are in your hand, and they assemble at your feet. Each receives your words.

⁴Moses gave us instruction, a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

⁵So he became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered with the tribes of Israel.

⁶Let Reuben live and not die though his people become few.

⁷He said this about Judah: LORD, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people. He fights for his cause with his own hands, but may you be a help against his foes.

⁸He said about Levi: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your faithful one; you tested him at Massah and contended with him at the Waters of Meribah.

⁹He said about his father and mother, “I do not regard them.” He disregarded his brothers and didn’t acknowledge his sons, for they kept your word and maintained your covenant.

¹⁰They will teach your ordinances to Jacob and your instruction to Israel; they will set incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.

¹¹LORD, bless his possessions, and accept the work of his hands. Break the back of his adversaries and enemies, so that they cannot rise again.

¹²He said about Benjamin: The LORD’s beloved rests securely on him. He shields him all day long, and he rests on his shoulders.

¹³He said about Joseph: May his land be blessed by the LORD with the dew of heaven’s bounty and the watery depths that lie beneath;

¹⁴with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons;

¹⁵with the best products of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the eternal hills;

¹⁶with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it; and with the favor of him who appeared in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

¹⁷His firstborn bull has splendor, and horns like those of a wild ox; he gores all the peoples with them to the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.

¹⁸He said about Zebulun: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.

¹⁹They summon the peoples to a mountain; there they offer acceptable sacrifices. For they draw from the wealth of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.

²⁰He said about Gad: The one who enlarges Gad’s territory will be blessed. He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or even a head.

²¹He chose the best part for himself, because a ruler’s portion was assigned there for him. He came with the leaders of the people; he carried out the LORD’s justice and his ordinances for Israel.

²²He said about Dan: Dan is a young lion, leaping out of Bashan.

²³He said about Naphtali: Naphtali, enjoying approval, full of the LORD’s blessing, take possession to the west and the south.

²⁴He said about Asher: May Asher be the most blessed of the sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in olive oil.

²⁵May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and your strength last as long as you live.

²⁶There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, the clouds in his majesty.

²⁷The God of old is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you and commands, “Destroy!”

²⁸So Israel dwells securely; Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip with dew.

²⁹How happy you are, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword you boast in. Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will tread on their backs.

¹Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho, and the LORD showed him all the land: Gilead as far as Dan,

²all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea,

³the Negev, and the plain in the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

⁴The LORD then said to him, “This is the land I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”

⁵So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the LORD’s word.

⁶He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows where his grave is.

⁷Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not left him.

⁸The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

⁹Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

¹⁰No prophet has arisen again in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face.

¹¹He was unparalleled for all the signs and wonders the LORD sent him to do against the land of Egypt — to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land,

¹²and for all the mighty acts of power and terrifying deeds that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.