8. Of Levi he said:Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one,whose authority you challenged at Massah,and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.
9. He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,”and he did not acknowledge his own brothersor know his own children,for they kept your word,and guarded your covenant.
10. They will teach Jacob your ordinancesand Israel your law;they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar.
11. Bless, O Lord, his goods,and be pleased with his efforts;undercut the legs of any who attack him,and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.
12. Of Benjamin he said:The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him;he protects him all the time, and the Lord places him on his chest.
13. Of Joseph he said:May the Lord bless his landwith the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew,and by the depths crouching beneath;
14. with the harvest produced by the daylightand by the moonlight;
15. with the best of the ancient mountainsand the harvest produced by the age-old hills;