1 And this is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said: “Shema came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran, with tens of thousands of holy ones accompanying him. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.⁠a 3 Yes, he is loved by peoples, and all his consecrated ones are in your charge. And they submit themselves at your feet, receiving your words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance [for] the assembly of Jacob. 5 There was a king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. 6 May Reuben live, and not die, and may there be a number descended from him. 7 And this is for Judah, and he said, ‘Hear, Shema, the voice of Judah, and bring him in to his people. His hand is his struggle, and you shall be a help against his adversaries.’

8 And of Levi he said, ‘Your Thummim and your Urim are with your loyal one, whom you tested at Massah, and with whom you struggled at the waters of Meribah, 9 who said of his father and of his mother, ‘I have not seen,’ he did not acknowledge his brother or recognize his own child. For they have observed your word, and keep your covenant. 10 They shall teach Jacob your rules, and Israel your laws. They shall put incense before you, and a whole burned offering on your altar. 11 Bless, Shema, his resources, and accept the work of his hand, crush the hips of his adversaries, and of his enemies, who can rouse them?’

12 And of Benjamin he said, ‘He shall live in safety by the might of Shema, and he covers him all the day long, and he lives between his shoulders.’

13 And of Joseph he said, ‘His land is blessed by Shema, with bounty of heaven, with dew, and with the deep that crouches beneath, 14 and with the abundant yield of the sun, and with the abundant growth of the months, 15 and with the bounty of the ancient mountains and with the bounty of the everlasting hill, 16 and with the finest produce of the earth and its fullness, and the good will of the one who lives in the bush. [Let] its harvest [be] on the head of Joseph, and on the leader, the one crowned [among] his brothers. 17 He is a firstborn bull, and majesty is his, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he shall gore peoples, together to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.’

18 And of Zebulun he said, ‘Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar, in your tents. 19 Peoples shall be summoned to My mountain, and they shall offer there sacrifices of righteousness. For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, and hidden treasures of sand.’

20 And of Gad he said, ‘May the one who enlarges Gad be blessed. He lies down like a lioness, tearing arm and brow. 21 And he chose the first part for himself, for the lawgiver’s portion was reserved there. And he warned the heads of the people. He carried out the righteousness of Shema, and his rules with Israel.’

22 And of Dan he said, ‘Dan is a lion’s cub, and he leaps out from the Bashan.’ 23 And of Naphtali he said, ‘Naphtali is satisfied and favored, full of the blessing of Shema, and possesses west and south.’

24 And of Asher he said, ‘May Asher be blessed above children, and let him be acceptable to his brothers, and let him dip his feet in oil. 25 Your bars are iron and bronze, and your greatness is as your days.’ 26 There is no one like God, Jeshurun, [who] rides on heavens for your help, and in his majesty on skies, 27 the home of the eternal God. And underneath are his everlasting arms. And he drove out the enemy from before you. And said, ‘I shall destroy.’

28 And Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, on a land of grain and new wine, and even your heavens drop dew. 29 You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, the people saved by Shema, the shield of your help, and the sword of your majesty! And your enemies shall submit themselves to you, and you shall step on their high place.”