Deuteronomy 33

Moses' Final Blessing on Israel

¹This is the blessing with which Moses ythe man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. ²He said,

z“The Lord came from Sinai

and dawned from Seir upon us;1

he shone forth from Mount Paran;

he came afrom the ten thousands of holy ones,

with flaming fire2 at his right hand.

³Yes, bhe loved his people,3

call his holy ones were in his4 hand;

dso they followed5 in your steps,

receiving direction from you,

⁴when eMoses commanded us a law,

as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.

⁵Thus the Lord6 fbecame king in gJeshurun,

when the heads of the people were gathered,

all the tribes of Israel together.

⁶h“Let Reuben live, and not die,

but let his men be few.”

⁷And this he said of Judah:

“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,

and bring him in to his people.

With your hands contend7 for him,

and be a help against his adversaries.”

⁸And iof Levi he said,

“Give to Levi8 jyour Thummim,

and your Urim to your godly one,

kwhom you tested at Massah,

with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;

⁹who said of his father and mother,

‘I regard them not’;

lhe disowned his brothers

and ignored his children.

For mthey observed your word

and kept your covenant.

¹⁰nThey shall teach Jacob your rules

and Israel your law;

othey shall put incense before you

and pwhole burnt offerings on your altar.

¹¹Bless, O Lord, his substance,

and qaccept the work of his hands;

crush the loins of his adversaries,

of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”

¹²rOf Benjamin he said,

“The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety.

The High God9 surrounds him all day long,

and dwells between his shoulders.”

¹³And sof Joseph he said,

t“Blessed by the Lord be his land,

with the choicest gifts of heaven uabove,10

and of the deep that crouches beneath,

¹⁴with the choicest fruits of the sun

and the rich yield of the months,

¹⁵with the finest produce of the ancient mountains

and the abundance of vthe everlasting hills,

¹⁶with the best gifts of the earth and wits fullness

and the favor of xhim who dwells in the bush.

May these rest on the head of Joseph,

on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.

¹⁷yA firstborn bull11—he has majesty,

and his horns are the horns of a zwild ox;

with them ahe shall gore the peoples,

all of them, to the ends of the earth;

bthey are the ten thousands of Ephraim,

and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

¹⁸And of Zebulun he said,

c“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,

and Issachar, in your tents.

¹⁹They shall call peoples dto their mountain;

there they offer eright sacrifices;

for they draw from the abundance of the seas

and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

²⁰And fof Gad he said,

“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!

Gad crouches glike a lion;

he tears off arm and scalp.

²¹hHe chose the best of the land for himself,

for there a commander's portion was reserved;

and ihe came with the heads of the people,

with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord,

and his judgments for Israel.”

²²And jof Dan he said,

k“Dan is a lion's cub

lthat leaps from Bashan.”

²³And mof Naphtali he said,

“O Naphtali, sated with favor,

and full of the blessing of the Lord,

npossess the lake12 and the south.”

²⁴And oof Asher he said,

“Most blessed of sons be Asher;

let him be the favorite of his brothers,

and let him pdip his foot in oil.

²⁵Your bars shall be iron and bronze,

and as your days, so shall your strength be.

²⁶q“There is none like God, O rJeshurun,

swho rides through the heavens to your help,

through the skies in his majesty.

²⁷The eternal God is your tdwelling place,13

and underneath are the everlasting arms.14

And he thrust out the enemy before you

and said, ‘Destroy.’

²⁸So Israel lived in safety,

uJacob lived valone,15

in a land of grain and wine,

whose heavens drop down dew.

²⁹Happy are you, O Israel! wWho is like you,

a people xsaved by the Lord,

ythe shield of your help,

and the sword of your triumph!

Your enemies shall come fawning to you,

and you shall tread upon their backs.”

Deuteronomy 34

The Death of Moses

¹Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab ato Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, ²all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah bas far as the western sea, ³cthe Negeb, and dthe Plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho ethe city of palm trees, as far as fZoar. ⁴And the Lord said to him, g“This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ hI have let you see it with your eyes, but iyou shall not go over there.” ⁵So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord, ⁶and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor; but jno one knows the place of his burial to this day. ⁷kMoses was 120 years old when he died. lHis eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. ⁸And the people of Israel mwept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

⁹And Joshua the son of Nun was full of nthe spirit of wisdom, for oMoses had laid his hands on him. So pthe people of Israel obeyed him and did as the Lord had commanded Moses. ¹⁰And there has not qarisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, rwhom the Lord knew face to face, ¹¹none like him for all sthe signs and the wonders that the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, ¹²and for all the mighty power and all the great deeds of terror that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.

Qoph

¹⁴⁵With my swhole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord!

I will tkeep your statutes.

¹⁴⁶I call to you; save me,

that I may observe your testimonies.

¹⁴⁷I rise before udawn and cry for help;

I vhope in your words.

¹⁴⁸My eyes are awake before wthe watches of the night,

that I may meditate on your promise.

¹⁴⁹Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;

O Lord, xaccording to your justice ygive me life.

¹⁵⁰They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;

they are far from your law.

¹⁵¹But zyou are near, O Lord,

and all your commandments are atrue.

¹⁵²Long have I known from your testimonies

that you have bfounded them forever.

Resh

¹⁵³Look on my caffliction and deliver me,

for dI do not forget your law.

¹⁵⁴ePlead my cause and redeem me;

fgive me life according to your promise!

¹⁵⁵gSalvation is far from the wicked,

hfor they do not seek your statutes.

¹⁵⁶iGreat is your mercy, O Lord;

fgive me life according to your rules.

¹⁵⁷jMany are my persecutors and my adversaries,

but I do not kswerve from your testimonies.

¹⁵⁸I look at lthe faithless with mdisgust,

because they do not keep your commands.

¹⁵⁹Consider how I nlove your precepts!

fGive me life according to your steadfast love.

¹⁶⁰oThe sum of your word is ptruth,

and every one of your qrighteous rules endures forever.

Sin and Shin

¹⁶¹rPrinces persecute me swithout cause,

but my heart tstands in awe of your words.

¹⁶²I trejoice at your word

like one who ufinds great spoil.

¹⁶³I hate and abhor falsehood,

but I love vyour law.

¹⁶⁴Seven times a day I praise you

for your qrighteous rules.

¹⁶⁵Great wpeace have those who love your law;

xnothing can make them stumble.

¹⁶⁶I yhope for your salvation, O Lord,

and I do your commandments.

¹⁶⁷My soul keeps your testimonies;

I vlove them exceedingly.

¹⁶⁸I keep your precepts and testimonies,

zfor all my ways are before you.

Taw

¹⁶⁹Let my acry come before you, O Lord;

bgive me understanding caccording to your word!

¹⁷⁰Let my plea come before you;

ddeliver me according to your word.

¹⁷¹My lips will epour forth praise,

for you fteach me your statutes.

¹⁷²My tongue will sing of your word,

for gall your commandments are right.

¹⁷³Let your hand be ready to help me,

for I have hchosen your precepts.

¹⁷⁴I ilong for your salvation, O Lord,

and your law is my jdelight.

¹⁷⁵Let my soul live and praise you,

and let your rules help me.

¹⁷⁶I have kgone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,

for I do not lforget your commandments.

The Future Glory of Israel

¹bArise, shine, for your light has come,

and cthe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

²For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,

and thick darkness the peoples;

but the Lord will arise upon you,

and his glory will be seen upon you.

³dAnd nations shall come to your light,

and kings to the brightness of your rising.

⁴eLift up your eyes all around, and see;

they all gather together, they come to you;

fyour sons shall come from afar,

and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.

⁵Then you shall see and gbe radiant;

your heart shall thrill and exult,1

because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,

hthe wealth of the nations shall come to you.

⁶A multitude of camels shall cover you,

the young camels of iMidian and jEphah;

all those from kSheba shall come.

lThey shall bring gold and frankincense,

and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.

⁷All the flocks of mKedar shall be gathered to you;

the rams of nNebaioth shall minister to you;

othey shall come up with acceptance on my altar,

pand I will beautify my beautiful house.

⁸Who are these that fly like a cloud,

and qlike doves to their windows?

⁹For rthe coastlands shall hope for me,

sthe ships of Tarshish first,

tto bring your children from afar,

their silver and gold with them,

for the name of the Lord your God,

and for the Holy One of Israel,

because uhe has made you beautiful.

¹⁰vForeigners shall build up your walls,

and vtheir kings shall minister to you;

for in my wrath I struck you,

but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

¹¹wYour gates shall be open continually;

day and night they shall not be shut,

wthat people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,

with their kings led in procession.

¹²xFor the nation and kingdom

that will not serve you shall perish;

those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

¹³yThe glory of Lebanon shall come to you,

the cypress, the plane, and zthe pine,

to beautify the place of my sanctuary,

and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

¹⁴aThe sons of those who afflicted you

shall come bending low to you,

band all who despised you

shall bow down at your feet;

cthey shall call you the City of the Lord,

the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵dWhereas you have been forsaken and hated,

with no one passing through,

eI will make you majestic forever,

a joy from age to age.

¹⁶fYou shall suck the milk of nations;

you shall nurse at the breast of kings;

and you shall know that gI, the Lord, am your Savior

and your Redeemer, hthe Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷Instead of bronze I will bring gold,

and instead of iron I will bring silver;

instead of wood, bronze,

instead of stones, iron.

I will make your overseers peace

iand your taskmasters righteousness.

¹⁸jViolence shall no more be heard in your land,

devastation or destruction within your borders;

kyou shall call your walls Salvation,

and your gates Praise.

¹⁹lThe sun shall be no more

your light by day,

nor for brightness shall the moon

give you light;2

but the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory.3

²⁰Your sun shall no more go down,

nor your moon withdraw itself;

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and myour days of mourning shall be ended.

²¹nYour people shall all be righteous;

othey shall possess the land forever,

pthe branch of my planting, the work of my hands,

that I might be glorified.4

²²qThe least one shall become a clan,

and the smallest one a mighty nation;

rI am the Lord;

in its time I will hasten it.

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

¹When he came down from the mountain, dgreat crowds followed him. ²eAnd behold, a leper1 came to him and fknelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” ³And Jesus2 stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴And Jesus said to him, g“See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, hshow yourself to the priest and ioffer the gift that Moses commanded, jfor a proof to them.”

The Faith of a Centurion

⁵kWhen he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, ⁶“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” ⁷And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” ⁸But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but lonly say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant,3 ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” ¹⁰When Jesus heard this, mhe marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with nno one in Israel4 have I found such faith. ¹¹I tell you, omany will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, ¹²pwhile the sons of the kingdom qwill be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place rthere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” ¹³And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you sas you have believed.” tAnd the servant was healed at that very moment.

Jesus Heals Many

¹⁴uAnd when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw vhis mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. ¹⁵He wtouched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. ¹⁶That evening they brought to him many who were xoppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits ywith a word and healed all who were sick. ¹⁷zThis was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: a“He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”

The Cost of Following Jesus

¹⁸Now bwhen Jesus saw a crowd around him, che gave orders to go over to the other side. ¹⁹dAnd a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” ²⁰And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” ²¹Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” ²²And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave ethe dead to bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms a Storm

²³fAnd when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. ²⁴And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but ghe was asleep. ²⁵And they went and woke him, saying, h“Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” ²⁶And he said to them, “Why are you iafraid, jO you of little faith?” Then he rose and krebuked the winds and the sea, and lthere was a great calm. ²⁷And the men mmarveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even nwinds and sea obey him?”

Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons

²⁸oAnd when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes,5 two pdemon-possessed6 men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. ²⁹And behold, they qcried out, “What have you to do with us, rO Son of God? Have you come here to torment us sbefore the time?” ³⁰Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. ³¹And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” ³²And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. ³³The herdsmen fled, and going into the city they told everything, especially what had happened to the tdemon-possessed men. ³⁴And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, uthey begged him to leave their region.