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20 And of Gad he said,
    “Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad;[a]
like a lion he dwells,
    and he tears an arm as well as a scalp.
21 And he selected[b] the best part for himself, [c]
    for there the portion of a ruler is included,
and he came with the heads of the people;[d]
    he did[e] the righteousness of Yahweh,
    and his regulations for Israel.”
22 And of Dan he said,
“Dan is a cub of a lion;
    he leaps from Bashan.”[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:20 Literally “the enlarger of Gad”
  2. Deuteronomy 33:21 Or “provided”
  3. Deuteronomy 33:21 Hebrew “for him”
  4. Deuteronomy 33:21 Or possibly, “the heads of the people came/assembled” (compare NEB)
  5. Deuteronomy 33:21 Or “worked”
  6. Deuteronomy 33:22 Hebrew “the Bashan,” referring to a well-known geographical and agricultural area