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For the Lord will judge His people. He will have loving-pity on His servants when He sees their strength is gone, and none are left of those who are free or of those who are not free.

Be glad, O nations, with His people! For He will punish because of the blood of His servants. He will punish those who fight against Him. And He will take away the sin of His land and His people."

Then die on the mountain you go up, and join your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and joined his people.

Moses the man of God prayed before his death that good would come to the people of Israel.

He said, "The Lord came from Sinai. He came upon us from Seir. He shined from Mount Paran. He came among 10,000 holy ones. He came with fire at His right hand.

Yes, He loves His people. All Your holy ones are in Your hand. They followed in Your steps. They receive Your Word.

"May Reuben live and not die. Do not let his men be few."

About Judah he said, "O Lord, hear the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people. He fought for them with his hands. Give him help against those who fight against him."

He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not think of them.' He kept himself apart from his brothers, and his own children. Yes, they obeyed Your Word and kept Your agreement.

O Lord, give him good things. Receive the work of his hands. Crush those who go against him and those who hate him, so they may not get up again."

About Benjamin he said, "May the one the Lord loves live by Him and be safe. The Lord covers him all the day long. And he lives between His shoulders."

About Joseph he said, "May the Lord bring good to his land, with the best gifts from heaven above, with water on the grass in the early morning, and from the deep waters below,

May the Lord bring good to his land with the best things of the old mountains, and the best things of the hills that last forever,

with the best things of the earth and all that is in it, and the favor of Him Who lived in the bush. Let these gifts come upon the head of Joseph, upon the crown of the head of the one who is ruler among his brothers.

His great power is like the first-born of his bull. His horns are like the horns of the wild bull. With them he will push all the nations to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and the thousands of Manasseh."

He chose the best part for himself, for that was the ruler's share. He came with the leaders of the people. He did what the Lord wanted him to do. And he obeyed His Law with Israel."

About Asher he said, "May Asher be given more than the other sons. May he be favored by his brothers. Let him put his foot in oil.

"There is none like the God of Jeshurun. He comes through the heavens to help you, through the sky in His great power.

The God Who lives forever is your safe place. His arms are always under you. He drove away from in front of you those who hate you, and said, ‘Destroy!'

So Israel lives in a safe place, the well of Jacob is safe, in a land of grain and new wine. Rain falls from His heavens.