A reading from the book of Deuteronomy.

This is the blessing with which Moses, the man of God,

blessed the people of Israel before his death.

He said,

The Lord came from Sinai, and dawned from Seer upon us.

He shone forth from Mount Perrin.

He came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand. Yes, he loved his people. All his holy ones were in his hand. So they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you. When Moses commanded us a law as a possession for the assembly of Jacob, thus the Lord became king and Jeshurun,

when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together,

let Rubin live and not die, but let his men be few.

And this he said of Judah, hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him into his people,

with their hands contend for him,

and be a help against his adversaries. And of Levi, he said,

Give to Levi your Thuman, and your Yuram to your godly one, whom you tested at Massa,

with whom you quarreled at the waters of Miraba, who said of his father and mother, I regard them not.

He disowned his brothers and ignored his children, for they observed your word and kept your covenant.

They shall teach Jacob your rules and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you and

hold burnt offerings on your altar. Bless, O Lord, His substance, and accept the work of his hands.

Crush the loins of his adversaries, of those who hate him, that they rise not again.

Of Benjamin, he said, The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety. The high God surrounds him

all day long and dwells between his shoulders. And of Joseph, he said,

Blessed by the Lord be his land, with the choicest gifts of heaven above and of the deep that

crouches beneath, with the choicest fruits of the sun, and the rich yield of the months,

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