17 (A)A firstborn bull[a]—he has majesty,
    and his horns are the horns of a (B)wild ox;
with them (C)he shall gore the peoples,
    all of them, to the ends of the earth;
(D)they are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
    and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:17 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Samaritan; Masoretic Text His firstborn bull

22 (A)God brings them out of Egypt
    and is for them like (B)the horns of the wild ox.

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Through you we (A)push down our foes;
    through your name we (B)tread down those who rise up against us.

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11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself (A)horns of iron and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘With these (B)you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.’”

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10 But you have exalted my (A)horn like that of (B)the wild ox;
    you have (C)poured over me[a] fresh oil.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 92:10 Compare Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Descendants of Reuben

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ((A)for he was the firstborn, but because (B)he defiled his father's couch, (C)his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;

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God brings him out of Egypt
    and is for him like the (A)horns of the wild ox;
he shall (B)eat up the nations, his adversaries,
    and shall (C)break their bones in pieces
    and (D)pierce them through with his arrows.

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19 But his father refused and said, (A)“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, (B)his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude[a] of nations.”

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  1. Genesis 48:19 Hebrew fullness

(A)when I would heal Israel,
    the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
    and the evil deeds of (B)Samaria,
for (C)they deal falsely;
    the thief breaks in,
    and the bandits raid outside.

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What shall I do with you, (A)O (B)Ephraim?
    What shall I do with you, O (C)Judah?
Your love is (D)like a morning cloud,
    (E)like the dew that goes early away.

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(A)I know Ephraim,
    and Israel is not hidden from me;
for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore;
    Israel is defiled.

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(A)Wild oxen shall (B)fall with them,
    and (C)young steers with (D)the mighty bulls.
Their land shall drink its fill of blood,
    and their soil shall be gorged with fat.

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He makes Lebanon to (A)skip like a calf,
    and (B)Sirion like a young (C)wild ox.

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21     Save me from (A)the mouth of the lion!
You have rescued[a] me from the horns of (B)the wild oxen!

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  1. Psalm 22:21 Hebrew answered

“Is (A)the wild ox willing to serve you?
    Will he spend the night at your (B)manger?
10 Can you bind (C)him in the furrow with ropes,
    or will he harrow the valleys after you?

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10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.’”

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37 These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, (A)32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.

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34 These are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were (A)52,700.

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