8. And of Levi he said,“Give to Levi your Thummim,and your Urim to your godly one, whom you tested at Massah,with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
9. who said of his father and mother,‘I regard them not’; he disowned his brothersand ignored his children.For they observed your wordand kept your covenant.
10. They shall teach Jacob your rulesand Israel your law; they shall put incense before youand whole burnt offerings on your altar.
11. 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.”
12. 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.”
13. 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,
14. with the choicest fruits of the sunand the rich yield of the months,
15. with the finest produce of the ancient mountainsand the abundance of the everlasting hills,