The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Deuteronomy 33

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Torah

Deuteronomy chapter 33 — part of the Torah in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of G-d blessed the children of Israel before his death.” — the complete text of all 29 verses is below, free to read online.

1And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of G-d blessed the children of Israel before his death.

2And he said: HaShem 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.

3Yea, He loveth the peoples, all His holy ones--they are in Thy hand; and they sit down at Thy feet, receiving of Thy words.

4Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

5And there was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.

6Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few.

7And this for Judah, and he said: Hear, HaShem, 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.

8And 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;

9Who 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.

10They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, and Israel Thy law; they shall put incense before Thee, and whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar.

11Bless, HaShem, 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.

12Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of HaShem shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, and He dwelleth between his shoulders.

13And of Joseph he said: Blessed of HaShem be his land; for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,

14And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the yield of the moons,

15And for the tops of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

16And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, and the good will of Him that dwelt in the bush; let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of him that is prince among his brethren.

17His firstling bullock, majesty is his; and his horns are the horns of the wild-ox; with them he shall gore the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth; and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

18And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and, Issachar, in thy tents.

19They shall call peoples unto the mountain; there shall they offer sacrifices of righteousness; for they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand.

20And of Gad he said: Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad; he dwelleth as a lioness, and teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head.

21And he chose a first part for himself, for there a portion of a ruler was reserved; and there came the heads of the people, he executed the righteousness of HaShem, and His ordinances with Israel.

22And of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp, that leapeth forth from Bashan.

23And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of HaShem: possess thou the sea and the south.

24And of Asher he said: Blessed be Asher above sons; let him be the favoured of his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.

25Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

26There is none like unto G-d, O Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven as thy help, and in His excellency on the skies.

27The eternal G-d is a dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said: 'Destroy.'

28And Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew.

29Happy art thou, O Israel, who is like unto thee? a people saved by HaShem, the shield of thy help, and that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

29 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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