Deuteronomy 33:12

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10 ^aThey shall teach Jacob Your judgments,
And Israel Your law.
They shall put incense before You,
^bAnd a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.

11 Bless his substance, Lord,
And ^aaccept the work of his hands;
Strike the loins of those who rise against him,
And of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

12 Of Benjamin he said:
“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him,
Who shelters him all the day long;
And he shall dwell between His shoulders.”

13 And of Joseph he said:
^a“Blessed of the Lord is his land,
With the precious things of heaven, with the ^bdew,
And the deep lying beneath,

14 With the precious fruits of the sun,
With the precious produce of the months,

15 With the best things of ^athe ancient mountains,
With the precious things ^bof the everlasting hills,

16 With the precious things of the earth and its fullness,
And the favor of ^aHim who dwelt in the bush.
Let the blessing come ^b‘on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.’

17 His glory is like a ^afirstborn bull,
And his horns like the ^bhorns of the wild ox;
Together with them
^cHe shall push the peoples
To the ends of the earth;
^dThey are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

18 And of Zebulun he said:
^a“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
And Issachar in your tents!

19 They shall ^acall the peoples to the mountain;
There ^bthey shall offer sacrifices of righteousness;
For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas
And of treasures hidden in the sand.”

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Deuteronomy 33:12

Of Benjamin - Benjamin is put next to Levi, because the temple, where the work of the Levites lay, was upon the edge of the lot of this tribe. And 'tis put before Joseph, because of the dignity of Jerusalem, (part of which was in this lot) above Samaria, which was in the tribe of Ephraim: likewise because Benjamin adhered to the house of David and to the temple of God, when the rest of the tribes deserted both. The beloved of the Lord - So called in allusion to their father Benjamin who was the beloved of his father Jacob; and because of the kindness of God to this tribe which appeared both in this, that they dwelt in the best part of the land, as Josephus affirms, and in the following privilege. Shall dwell in safety by him - Shall have his lot nigh to God's temple, which was both a singular comfort and safeguard to him. Shall cover - Shall protect that tribe continually while they cleave to him. He - The Lord shall dwell, that is, his temple shall be placed, between his shoulders, that is, in his portion, or between his border's as the word shoulder is often used. And this was truly the situation of the temple, on both sides whereof was Benjamin's portion. And though mount Sion was in the tribe of Judah, yet mount Moriah, on which the temple was built, was in the tribe of Benjamin.

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