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Deuteronomy 32-34
New American Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 32-34
New American Standard Bible
The Song of Moses
32 “(A)Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth!
2 (B)May my teaching drip as the rain,
My speech trickle as the dew,
(C)As droplets on the fresh grass,
And as the showers on the vegetation.
3 (D)For I proclaim the name of the Lord;
(E)Ascribe greatness to our God!
4 (F)The Rock! His work is perfect,
(G)For all His ways are [a]just;
(H)A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and just is He.
5 [b](I)They have acted corruptly against Him,
They are not His children, because of their defect;
(J)But are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Is this what you (K)do to the Lord,
(L)You foolish and unwise people?
(M)Is He not your Father who has purchased you?
(N)He has made you and established you.
7 Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of all generations.
(O)Ask your father and he will inform you,
Your elders, and they will tell you.
8 (P)When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of [c]mankind,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
(Q)According to the number of the [d]sons of Israel.
9 (R)For the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance.
10 (S)He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as (T)the [e]apple of His eye.
11 (U)As an eagle stirs up its nest,
And hovers over its young,
(V)He spread His wings, He caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.
12 (W)The Lord alone guided him,
(X)And there was no foreign god with him.
13 (Y)He had him ride on the high places of the earth,
And he ate the produce of the field;
(Z)And He had him suck honey from the rock,
And [f](AA)oil from the flinty rock,
14 Curds of the herd, and milk of the flock,
With fat of lambs
And rams, the breed of Bashan, and of goats,
(AB)With the best of the wheat;
And you drank wine of the (AC)blood of grapes.
15 “(AD)But [g]Jeshurun became fat and kicked—
You have become fat, thick, and obstinate—
(AE)Then he abandoned God (AF)who made him,
And [h]rejected (AG)the Rock of his salvation.
16 (AH)They made Him jealous with strange gods;
(AI)With abominations they provoked Him to anger.
17 (AJ)They sacrificed to demons, who were not God,
(AK)To gods whom they have not known,
(AL)New gods who came lately,
Whom your fathers did not know.
18 You forgot (AM)the Rock who fathered you,
(AN)And forgot the God who gave you birth.
19 “(AO)The Lord saw this, and spurned them
(AP)Because of the provocation by His sons and daughters.
20 Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,
(AQ)I will see what their end will be;
(AR)For they are a perverse generation,
(AS)Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.
21 (AT)They have made Me jealous with what is not God;
They have provoked Me to anger with their [i](AU)idols.
(AV)So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,
22 (AW)For a fire has flared in My anger,
And it burns to the lowest part of [j]Sheol,
(AX)And devours the earth with its yield,
And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 ‘(AY)I will add misfortunes to them;
(AZ)I will use up My arrows on them.
24 (BA)They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by [k]plague
(BB)And a bitter epidemic;
(BC)And the teeth of beasts I will send against them,
(BD)With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
25 (BE)Outside the sword will make them childless,
And inside, terror—
(BF)Both young man and virgin,
The nursing child with the man of gray hair.
26 I would have said, “(BG)I will wipe them out,
(BH)I will remove the mention of [l]their name from humanity,”
27 Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “(BI)Our hand is [m]triumphant,
And the Lord has not performed all this.”’
28 “(BJ)For they are a nation [n]destitute of counsel,
And there is no understanding in them.
29 (BK)If only they were wise and they understood this;
(BL)If only they would discern their [o]future!
30 (BM)How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their (BN)Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had given them up?
31 Indeed, their rock is not like our Rock;
(BO)Even our enemies [p]themselves judge this.
32 For their vine is from the vine of Sodom,
And from the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of (BP)poison,
Their clusters, bitter.
33 Their wine is the venom of [q]serpents,
And the [r]deadly poison of vipers.
34 ‘(BQ)Is it not stored up with Me,
Sealed up in My treasuries?
35 (BR)Vengeance is Mine, and retribution;
(BS)In due time their foot will slip.
(BT)For the day of their disaster is near,
And the impending things are hurrying to them.’
36 (BU)For the Lord will vindicate His people,
(BV)And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their [s]strength is gone,
And there is none remaining, bond or free.
37 And He will say, ‘(BW)Where are their gods,
The rock in which they took refuge?
38 (BX)Those who ate the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offering?
(BY)Let them rise up and help you,
Let them be your protection!
39 (BZ)See now that I, I am He,
(CA)And there is no god besides Me;
(CB)It is I who put to death and give life.
(CC)I have wounded and it is I who heal,
(CD)And there is no one who can save anyone from My hand.
40 Indeed, (CE)I raise My hand to heaven,
And say, as I live forever,
41 (CF)If I have sharpened [t]My flashing sword,
And My hand has taken hold of justice,
(CG)I will return vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.
42 (CH)I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
(CI)And My sword will devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the long-haired [u]leaders of the enemy.’
43 (CJ)Rejoice, you nations, with His people;
(CK)For He will avenge the blood of His servants,
(CL)And will return vengeance on His adversaries,
(CM)And will atone for His land and His people.”
44 Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he, with [v](CN)Joshua the son of Nun. 45 When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, “(CO)Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you will command (CP)your sons to [w]follow carefully, all the words of this Law. 47 For it is not a [x]trivial matter for you; indeed (CQ)it is your life. And (CR)by this word you will prolong your days in the land, [y]which you are about to cross the Jordan to [z]possess.”
48 Now (CS)the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying, 49 “(CT)Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab [aa]opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel as a possession. 50 Then you are to die on the mountain where you ascend, and be (CU)gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, 51 (CV)because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the (CW)wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel. 52 (CX)For you will see the land at a distance but (CY)you will not go there, into the land which I am giving the sons of Israel.”
The Blessing by Moses
33 Now this is the blessing with which Moses (CZ)the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death. 2 He said,
“(DA)The Lord came from Sinai,
(DB)And [ab]dawned on them from Seir;
(DC)He shone from Mount Paran,
And He came from (DD)the midst of myriads of [ac]holy ones;
(DE)At His right hand there was [ad]flashing lightning for them.
3 (DF)Indeed, He loves [ae]the people;
(DG)All [af]Your holy ones are in Your hand,
(DH)And they [ag]followed in Your steps;
Everyone takes of Your words.
4 (DI)Moses issued to us the Law,
(DJ)A possession for the assembly of Jacob.
5 (DK)And He was king in [ah]Jeshurun,
When the heads of the people gathered,
The tribes of Israel together.
6 “(DL)May Reuben live and not die,
Nor may his people be few.”
7 (DM)And this was regarding Judah; so he said:
“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah,
And bring him to his people.
With his hands he contended for [ai]them,
And may You be a help against his adversaries.”
8 Of Levi he said,
“Let Your (DN)Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your (DO)godly man,
(DP)Whom You tested at Massah,
With [aj]whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;
9 (DQ)Who said of his father and his mother,
‘I did not consider them’;
And he did not acknowledge his brothers,
Nor did he regard his own sons,
For (DR)they kept Your word,
And complied with Your covenant.
10 (DS)They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob,
And Your Law to Israel.
(DT)They shall put [ak]incense before You,
And (DU)whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
11 Lord, bless his strength,
And accept the work of his hands;
Smash the [al]hips of those who rise up against him,
And those who hate him, so that they do not rise again.”
12 Of Benjamin he said,
“(DV)May the beloved of the Lord live in security beside Him
(DW)Who shields him all the day long,
(DX)And he lives between His shoulders.”
13 Of Joseph he said,
“(DY)Blessed of the Lord be his land,
With the choice things of heaven, with the dew,
And from the deep waters lying beneath,
14 And with the choice yield of the sun,
And the choice produce of the months;
15 And with the [am]best things of (DZ)the ancient mountains,
With the choice things of the everlasting hills,
16 And with the choice things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor (EA)of Him who dwelt in the bush.
Let it come to the head of Joseph,
And to the top of the head of the one who was prince among his brothers.
17 As the firstborn of his ox, majesty is his,
And his horns are the horns of (EB)the wild ox;
With them he will (EC)gore the peoples
All [an]at once, to the ends of the earth.
And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And those are the thousands of Manasseh.”
18 (ED)Of Zebulun he said,
“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
And, Issachar, in your tents.
19 (EE)They will call peoples to the mountain;
There they will offer (EF)righteous sacrifices;
For they will [ao]draw out (EG)the abundance of the seas,
And the hidden treasures of the sand.”
20 (EH)Of Gad he said,
“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad;
He lies down (EI)as a [ap]lion,
And tears the arm, also the crown of the head.
21 (EJ)Then he [aq]selected the choicest part for himself,
(EK)For there the ruler’s portion was [ar]reserved;
(EL)And he came with the leaders of the people;
(EM)He executed the justice of the Lord,
And His ordinances with Israel.”
22 (EN)Of Dan he said,
“Dan is (EO)a lion’s cub;
He leaps out from Bashan.”
23 Of Naphtali he said,
“(EP)Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
And full of the blessing of the Lord,
Take possession of the sea and the south.”
24 (EQ)Of Asher he said,
“More blessed than sons is Asher;
May he be favored by his brothers,
(ER)And may he dip his foot in olive oil.
25 (ES)Your [as]bars will be iron and bronze,
(ET)And as your days, so will your strength be.
26 “(EU)There is no one like the God of [at]Jeshurun,
(EV)Who rides the heavens [au]to your help,
And the clouds in His majesty.
27 (EW)The eternal God is a [av]hiding place,
(EX)And underneath are the everlasting arms;
(EY)And He drove out the enemy from you,
(EZ)And said, ‘Destroy!’
28 (FA)So Israel lives in security,
(FB)The fountain of Jacob secluded,
(FC)In a land of grain and new wine;
(FD)His heavens also drip down dew.
29 (FE)Blessed are you, Israel;
(FF)Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,
(FG)The shield of your help,
(FH)And He who is the sword of your majesty!
(FI)So your enemies will cringe before you,
(FJ)And you will trample on their high places.”
The Death of Moses
34 (FK)Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord (FL)showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, 2 and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the [aw](FM)western sea, 3 and the [ax]Negev and the territory in the Valley of Jericho, (FN)the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. 4 Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land which (FO)I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your [ay]descendants’; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not go over there.” 5 So Moses (FP)the servant of the Lord (FQ)died there in the land of Moab, in accordance with the [az]word of the Lord. 6 And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, (FR)opposite Beth-peor; but (FS)no one knows his burial place to this day. 7 Although Moses was (FT)120 years old when he died, (FU)his eyesight was not dim, nor had his vigor left him. 8 So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
9 Now Joshua the son of Nun was (FV)filled with the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses. 10 Since that time (FW)no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom (FX)the Lord knew face to face, 11 for all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, all his servants, and all his land— 12 and for all the mighty [ba]power and all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:4 Or judgment
- Deuteronomy 32:5 Lit It has
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Or Adam
- Deuteronomy 32:8 As in MT; DSS sons of God; LXX angels of God
- Deuteronomy 32:10 Lit pupil
- Deuteronomy 32:13 I.e., olive oil
- Deuteronomy 32:15 I.e., Israel
- Deuteronomy 32:15 Lit declared void
- Deuteronomy 32:21 Lit nonexistent things
- Deuteronomy 32:22 I.e., the netherworld
- Deuteronomy 32:24 Lit burning heat
- Deuteronomy 32:26 Lit them
- Deuteronomy 32:27 Lit high
- Deuteronomy 32:28 Lit perishing of
- Deuteronomy 32:29 Or latter end
- Deuteronomy 32:31 Lit are judges
- Deuteronomy 32:33 Lit dragons
- Deuteronomy 32:33 Lit cruel
- Deuteronomy 32:36 Lit hand
- Deuteronomy 32:41 Lit the lightning of My sword
- Deuteronomy 32:42 Lit head
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Lit Hoshea
- Deuteronomy 32:46 Lit be careful to perform
- Deuteronomy 32:47 Lit empty word
- Deuteronomy 32:47 Lit where
- Deuteronomy 32:47 Lit possess it
- Deuteronomy 32:49 Lit which is opposite
- Deuteronomy 33:2 Lit rose to
- Deuteronomy 33:2 Lit holiness
- Deuteronomy 33:2 Or a fiery law
- Deuteronomy 33:3 Lit peoples
- Deuteronomy 33:3 Lit His
- Deuteronomy 33:3 Or lie down at Your feet
- Deuteronomy 33:5 A symbolic name for Israel
- Deuteronomy 33:7 Lit him
- Deuteronomy 33:8 Lit him
- Deuteronomy 33:10 Lit smoke in Your nostrils
- Deuteronomy 33:11 Lit loins
- Deuteronomy 33:15 Or chief
- Deuteronomy 33:17 Or together
- Deuteronomy 33:19 Lit suck
- Deuteronomy 33:20 Or lioness
- Deuteronomy 33:21 Lit saw
- Deuteronomy 33:21 Lit covered
- Deuteronomy 33:25 I.e., to secure gates
- Deuteronomy 33:26 I.e., Israel
- Deuteronomy 33:26 Lit in
- Deuteronomy 33:27 Or refuge
- Deuteronomy 34:2 I.e., Mediterranean Sea
- Deuteronomy 34:3 I.e., South country
- Deuteronomy 34:4 Lit seed
- Deuteronomy 34:5 Lit mouth
- Deuteronomy 34:12 Lit hand
Deuteronomy 32-34
New International Version
Deuteronomy 32-34
New International Version
32 Listen,(A) you heavens,(B) and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.(C)
2 Let my teaching fall like rain(D)
and my words descend like dew,(E)
like showers(F) on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
3 I will proclaim(G) the name of the Lord.(H)
Oh, praise the greatness(I) of our God!
4 He is the Rock,(J) his works are perfect,(K)
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God(L) who does no wrong,
upright(M) and just is he.(N)
5 They are corrupt and not his children;
to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.(O)
6 Is this the way you repay(P) the Lord,
you foolish(Q) and unwise people?(R)
Is he not your Father,(S) your Creator,[a]
who made you and formed you?(T)
7 Remember the days of old;(U)
consider the generations long past.(V)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.(W)
8 When the Most High(X) gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,(Y)
he set up boundaries(Z) for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[b](AA)
9 For the Lord’s portion(AB) is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.(AC)
10 In a desert(AD) land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.(AE)
He shielded(AF) him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,(AG)
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,(AH)
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them aloft.(AI)
12 The Lord alone led(AJ) him;(AK)
no foreign god was with him.(AL)
13 He made him ride on the heights(AM) of the land
and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(AN)
and with oil(AO) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(AP)
and the finest kernels of wheat.(AQ)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(AR)
15 Jeshurun[c](AS) grew fat(AT) and kicked;
filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned(AU) the God who made them
and rejected the Rock(AV) their Savior.
16 They made him jealous(AW) with their foreign gods
and angered(AX) him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrificed(AY) to false gods,(AZ) which are not God—
gods they had not known,(BA)
gods that recently appeared,(BB)
gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot(BC) the God who gave you birth.
19 The Lord saw this and rejected them(BD)
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.(BE)
20 “I will hide my face(BF) from them,” he said,
“and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(BG)
children who are unfaithful.(BH)
21 They made me jealous(BI) by what is no god
and angered me with their worthless idols.(BJ)
I will make them envious by those who are not a people;
I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.(BK)
22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,(BL)
one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.(BM)
It will devour(BN) the earth and its harvests(BO)
and set afire the foundations of the mountains.(BP)
23 “I will heap calamities(BQ) on them
and spend my arrows(BR) against them.
24 I will send wasting famine(BS) against them,
consuming pestilence(BT) and deadly plague;(BU)
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,(BV)
the venom of vipers(BW) that glide in the dust.(BX)
25 In the street the sword will make them childless;
in their homes terror(BY) will reign.(BZ)
The young men and young women will perish,
the infants and those with gray hair.(CA)
26 I said I would scatter(CB) them
and erase their name from human memory,(CC)
27 but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand(CD)
and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed;
the Lord has not done all this.’”(CE)
28 They are a nation without sense,
there is no discernment(CF) in them.
29 If only they were wise and would understand this(CG)
and discern what their end will be!(CH)
30 How could one man chase a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,(CI)
unless their Rock had sold them,(CJ)
unless the Lord had given them up?(CK)
31 For their rock is not like our Rock,(CL)
as even our enemies concede.(CM)
32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom(CN)
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are filled with poison,(CO)
and their clusters with bitterness.(CP)
33 Their wine is the venom of serpents,
the deadly poison of cobras.(CQ)
34 “Have I not kept this in reserve
and sealed it in my vaults?(CR)
35 It is mine to avenge;(CS) I will repay.(CT)
In due time their foot will slip;(CU)
their day of disaster is near
and their doom rushes upon them.(CV)”
36 The Lord will vindicate his people(CW)
and relent(CX) concerning his servants(CY)
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave(CZ) or free.[d]
37 He will say: “Now where are their gods,
the rock they took refuge in,(DA)
38 the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offerings?(DB)
Let them rise up to help you!
Let them give you shelter!
39 “See now that I myself am he!(DC)
There is no god besides me.(DD)
I put to death(DE) and I bring to life,(DF)
I have wounded and I will heal,(DG)
and no one can deliver out of my hand.(DH)
40 I lift my hand(DI) to heaven and solemnly swear:
As surely as I live forever,(DJ)
41 when I sharpen my flashing sword(DK)
and my hand grasps it in judgment,
I will take vengeance(DL) on my adversaries
and repay those who hate me.(DM)
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(DN)
while my sword devours flesh:(DO)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
43 Rejoice,(DP) you nations, with his people,[e][f]
for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(DQ)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(DR)
and make atonement for his land and people.(DS)
44 Moses came with Joshua[g](DT) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people. 45 When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel, 46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day,(DU) so that you may command(DV) your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. 47 They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.(DW) By them you will live long(DX) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Moses to Die on Mount Nebo
48 On that same day the Lord told Moses,(DY) 49 “Go up into the Abarim(DZ) Range to Mount Nebo(EA) in Moab, across from Jericho,(EB) and view Canaan,(EC) the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die(ED) and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died(EE) on Mount Hor(EF) and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh(EG) in the Desert of Zin(EH) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.(EI) 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance;(EJ) you will not enter(EK) the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”
Moses Blesses the Tribes(EL)
33 This is the blessing(EM) that Moses the man of God(EN) pronounced on the Israelites before his death. 2 He said:
“The Lord came from Sinai(EO)
and dawned over them from Seir;(EP)
he shone forth(EQ) from Mount Paran.(ER)
He came with[h] myriads of holy ones(ES)
from the south, from his mountain slopes.[i]
3 Surely it is you who love(ET) the people;
all the holy ones are in your hand.(EU)
At your feet they all bow down,(EV)
and from you receive instruction,
4 the law that Moses gave us,(EW)
the possession of the assembly of Jacob.(EX)
5 He was king(EY) over Jeshurun[j](EZ)
when the leaders of the people assembled,
along with the tribes of Israel.
7 And this he said about Judah:(FB)
“Hear, Lord, the cry of Judah;
bring him to his people.
With his own hands he defends his cause.
Oh, be his help against his foes!”
8 About Levi(FC) he said:
“Your Thummim and Urim(FD) belong
to your faithful servant.(FE)
You tested(FF) him at Massah;
you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.(FG)
9 He said of his father and mother,(FH)
‘I have no regard for them.’
He did not recognize his brothers
or acknowledge his own children,
but he watched over your word
and guarded your covenant.(FI)
10 He teaches(FJ) your precepts to Jacob
and your law to Israel.(FK)
He offers incense before you(FL)
and whole burnt offerings on your altar.(FM)
11 Bless all his skills, Lord,
and be pleased with the work of his hands.(FN)
Strike down those who rise against him,
his foes till they rise no more.”
12 About Benjamin(FO) he said:
“Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in him,(FP)
for he shields him all day long,(FQ)
and the one the Lord loves(FR) rests between his shoulders.(FS)”
13 About Joseph(FT) he said:
“May the Lord bless his land
with the precious dew from heaven above
and with the deep waters that lie below;(FU)
14 with the best the sun brings forth
and the finest the moon can yield;
15 with the choicest gifts of the ancient mountains(FV)
and the fruitfulness of the everlasting hills;
16 with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
and the favor of him who dwelt in the burning bush.(FW)
Let all these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the brow of the prince among[l] his brothers.(FX)
17 In majesty he is like a firstborn bull;
his horns(FY) are the horns of a wild ox.(FZ)
With them he will gore(GA) the nations,
even those at the ends of the earth.
Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim;(GB)
such are the thousands of Manasseh.(GC)”
18 About Zebulun(GD) he said:
“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
and you, Issachar,(GE) in your tents.
19 They will summon peoples to the mountain(GF)
and there offer the sacrifices of the righteous;(GG)
they will feast on the abundance of the seas,(GH)
on the treasures hidden in the sand.”
20 About Gad(GI) he said:
“Blessed is he who enlarges Gad’s domain!(GJ)
Gad lives there like a lion,
tearing at arm or head.
21 He chose the best land for himself;(GK)
the leader’s portion was kept for him.(GL)
When the heads of the people assembled,
he carried out the Lord’s righteous will,(GM)
and his judgments concerning Israel.”
22 About Dan(GN) he said:
“Dan is a lion’s cub,
springing out of Bashan.”
23 About Naphtali(GO) he said:
“Naphtali is abounding with the favor of the Lord
and is full of his blessing;
he will inherit southward to the lake.”
24 About Asher(GP) he said:
“Most blessed of sons is Asher;
let him be favored by his brothers,
and let him bathe his feet in oil.(GQ)
25 The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze,(GR)
and your strength will equal your days.(GS)
26 “There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,(GT)
who rides(GU) across the heavens to help you(GV)
and on the clouds(GW) in his majesty.(GX)
27 The eternal(GY) God is your refuge,(GZ)
and underneath are the everlasting(HA) arms.
He will drive out your enemies before you,(HB)
saying, ‘Destroy them!’(HC)
28 So Israel will live in safety;(HD)
Jacob will dwell[m] secure
in a land of grain and new wine,
where the heavens drop dew.(HE)
29 Blessed are you, Israel!(HF)
Who is like you,(HG)
a people saved by the Lord?(HH)
He is your shield and helper(HI)
and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
and you will tread on their heights.(HJ)”
The Death of Moses
34 Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo(HK) from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah,(HL) across from Jericho.(HM) There the Lord showed(HN) him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan,(HO) 2 all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea,(HP) 3 the Negev(HQ) and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms,(HR) as far as Zoar.(HS) 4 Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath(HT) to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(HU) when I said, ‘I will give it(HV) to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross(HW) over into it.”
5 And Moses the servant of the Lord(HX) died(HY) there in Moab, as the Lord had said. 6 He buried him[n] in Moab, in the valley opposite Beth Peor,(HZ) but to this day no one knows where his grave is.(IA) 7 Moses was a hundred and twenty years old(IB) when he died, yet his eyes were not weak(IC) nor his strength gone.(ID) 8 The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab(IE) thirty days,(IF) until the time of weeping and mourning(IG) was over.
9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit[o] of wisdom(IH) because Moses had laid his hands on him.(II) So the Israelites listened to him and did what the Lord had commanded Moses.
10 Since then, no prophet(IJ) has risen in Israel like Moses,(IK) whom the Lord knew face to face,(IL) 11 who did all those signs and wonders(IM) the Lord sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials(IN) and to his whole land. 12 For no one has(IO) ever shown the mighty power or performed the awesome deeds(IP) that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:6 Or Father, who bought you
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
- Deuteronomy 32:15 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.
- Deuteronomy 32:36 Or and they are without a ruler or leader
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua
- Deuteronomy 33:2 Or from
- Deuteronomy 33:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Deuteronomy 33:5 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel; also in verse 26.
- Deuteronomy 33:6 Or but let
- Deuteronomy 33:16 Or of the one separated from
- Deuteronomy 33:28 Septuagint; Hebrew Jacob’s spring is
- Deuteronomy 34:6 Or He was buried
- Deuteronomy 34:9 Or Spirit
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