2. He said:The Lord came from Sinai:from Seir he shone like the dawn on us,from Paran Mountain he beamed down.Thousands of holy ones were with him;his warriors were next to him, ready.
3. Yes, those who love the nations—all his holy ones—were at your command;they followed your footsteps;they got moving when you said so.
4. Moses gave the Instruction to us—it’s the prized possession of Jacob’s assembly.
5. A king came to rule in Jeshurun,when the people’s leaders gathered together,when Israel’s tribes were one.
6. "I pray that Reuben lives, doesn’t die,though his numbers are so few."
7. Moses said this to Judah:"Lord, listen to Judah’s voice!Bring him back to his own people,strengthen his hands;be his help against every enemy."
8. Then he told Levi:"Give your Thummim to Levi,your Urim to your faithful one—the one you tested at Massah,the one you challenged by Meribah’s waters;
9. the one who said of his own mother and father:‘I don’t consider them as such’;of their siblings: ‘I don’t recognize them’;of their own children, ‘I don’t know them’—but who obeyed your wordsand who guarded your covenant!
10. They teach your case laws to Jacob,your Instruction to Israel.They hold sweet incense to your nose;put the entirely burned offering on your altar.
11. I pray that the Lord blesses Levi’s strength,favors his hard work,and crushes the insides of his enemiesso that those who hate him can’t fight anymore."
12. He said to Benjamin:"The Lord’s dearest onerests safely on him.The Lord always shields him;he rests on God’s chest."
13. Then he told Joseph:"I pray that his land is blessed by God:with heaven’s gifts from above,with the deep waters stretching out underneath;
14. with the gifts produced by the sun,with the gifts generated by the moon;
15. with the best fruit from ancient mountains,with the gifts of eternal hills;