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11 Lord, bless everything Levi has.
    Accept what he does.
Destroy those who attack him!
    Defeat his enemies so that they will never attack again.”

Benjamin’s Blessing

12 Moses said this about Benjamin:

“Benjamin is loved by the Lord
    and lives close to him in safety.
The Lord protects him all the time
    like a child at rest on its mother’s back.”[a]

Joseph’s Blessing

13 Moses said this about Joseph:

“May the Lord bless Joseph’s land
    with rain from the skies above
    and water from the ground below.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:12 like a child … back Literally, “and he rests between his shoulders.” The metaphor may refer to the custom of a mother carrying her baby tied on her back as she works. See Ps. 131:2.

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