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19 They call all sorts of people to the mountain,
    where they offer right sacrifices.
It’s true: They’re nourished on the sea’s abundance;
    they are nourished on buried treasures in the sand.”
20 Then he told Gad:
“May Gad’s broad lands[a] be blessed!
    He lives like a lion:
    he rips an arm, even a head!
21 He chose the best part for himself
    because there, where the commander’s portion was,
        the leaders of the people gathered together.[b]
Gad executed the Lord’s justice
    and the Lord’s judgments for Israel.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:20 Or the one who makes Gad large
  2. Deuteronomy 33:21 Cf LXX; MT there the commander’s portion was reserved; he came at the front of the people or there was the portion of the respected commander; the people’s leaders came.
  3. Deuteronomy 33:21 Heb uncertain

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