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Reuben

“May Reuben live and not die,
    though his numbers are few.”

Judah

He declared this about Judah:

“Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah
    and return him to his people.
With his own strength he fights for himself,
    and you will be of assistance[a] against[b] his enemies.”

Levi

About Levi he said:

“Let your Thummim and Urim[c] be with the man
    to whom you showed gracious love,
whom you tested at Massah
    and with whom you struggled
        at the waters of Meribah,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:7 So LXX. MT reads be his helper
  2. Deuteronomy 33:7 Lit. from
  3. Deuteronomy 33:8 I.e. the jewel-encrusted breastplate worn by the high priest by which the will of God could be revealed; cf. Ezra 2:63, Neh 7:65