1. And this [is] the blessing [with] which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death,
2. and he saith: --`Jehovah from Sinai hath come, And hath risen from Seir for them; He hath shone from mount Paran, And hath come [with] myriads of holy ones; At His right hand [are] springs for them.
3. Also He [is] loving the peoples; All His holy ones [are] in thy hand, And they-- they sat down at thy foot, [Each] He lifteth up at thy words.
4. A law hath Moses commanded us, A possession of the assembly of Jacob.
5. And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!
6. Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.
7. And this [is] for Judah; and he saith: --Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And unto his people do Thou bring him in; His hand hath striven for him, And an help from his adversaries art Thou.
8. And of Levi he said: --Thy Thummim and thy Urim [are] for thy pious one, Whom Thou hast tried in Massah, Thou dost strive with Him at the waters of Meribah;
9. Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.