Deuteronomy 33

⁶Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

¹A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

¹⁷so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

²¹For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

²⁷Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

²⁸These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.

³God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.

¹⁴Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones

¹¹Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

¹⁷The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

⁴O Lord, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

⁵The mountains quaked before the Lord, the One of Sinai, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

⁵³you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

³⁹She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.

²“I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet Jacob I have loved,

⁶For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

⁷The Lord did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

³“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

⁴But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

⁵made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!

⁵who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

¹¹¹Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

¹⁹Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

¹⁷For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

²⁶And I prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord God, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

²⁷Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.

⁷²The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.

¹⁵But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

⁶In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

³¹These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

²²Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

¹⁹Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.

¹⁶“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”

⁸Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

³¹The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the Lord has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

³²We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the Lord, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”

¹Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

²and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.

³Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

⁴Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.

⁸Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

⁹Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?

⁸Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.

²May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.

¹⁰And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

¹¹Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

²⁵For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

⁹I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.

¹⁰And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

⁷He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”

³⁰And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the Lord. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the Lord.

¹³These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the Lord, and He showed His holiness among them.

⁸Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.

¹⁶In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

²⁶Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

³⁷Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

²⁵Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.

²⁶So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

¹⁸Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

¹¹He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

²⁶“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

⁴⁸But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”

¹⁹Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

¹¹so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has given them through Moses.”

⁹You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

¹⁰You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the Lord will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,

⁷And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

⁸When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn the incense perpetually before the Lord for the generations to come.

²⁷At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord God.’”

²⁸And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.

²³O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the Lord your God accept you.”

²⁷At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord God.’”

⁴⁰For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord God, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.

⁴¹When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.

¹⁰There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

⁸Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

¹⁶Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

²So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

⁴He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

³⁷O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

³⁵‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

¹⁶I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

¹When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

²²Joseph is a fruitful vine—a fruitful vine by a spring, whose branches scale the wall.

²³The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

⁷Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

²⁰By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.

²⁸May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.

²⁹May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”

⁴For this is what the Lord has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

¹²A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

³When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

⁹You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

¹⁰You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.

⁴I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

¹⁶The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

⁸The Lord will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the Lord your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.

¹⁷Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

⁶He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

²⁶The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

⁷Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

³⁵This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

²There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

³So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”

¹A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

²⁶The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

¹¹The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.

¹⁶The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.

²²God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

¹¹Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the Lord says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”

⁵Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.

¹⁹But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”

¹These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.

¹⁰But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.

¹³Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

¹⁴Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

¹¹It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.

¹⁴Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.

³And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

⁵Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

⁵Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the Lord.

¹⁷You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O Lord, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.

¹³Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

¹⁶For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

¹⁹Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.

⁸Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

⁹Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,

⁸Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.

⁸The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the Lord had assigned to them:

³⁷And from east of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh there: 120,000 armed with every kind of weapon of war.

³⁸All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.

¹⁸The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.

¹⁹They waged war against the Hagrites, as well as Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.

¹²The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.

¹³About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the Lord into the plains of Jericho.

²“When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the Lord.

¹Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

²So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,

¹Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh

²and told them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and you have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you.

¹¹the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates:

¹⁴Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,

⁴⁷(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)

²⁷After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

³⁰Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.

²⁴So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him.

²⁵And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

¹⁵He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.

¹⁹Then the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,

²¹Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.

¹⁴I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the Lord.

⁸They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

¹⁶the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

¹³Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

³²The sixth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Naphtali:

³³Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.

²⁰Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

⁶when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

¹⁸For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

³Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

⁴Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.

⁶that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!

¹⁰and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

¹⁰Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

¹³I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

³On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

¹¹being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully

²⁹He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.

¹⁰Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

¹¹Who among the gods is like You, O Lord? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

¹¹I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no Savior but Me.

¹²I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed—I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the Lord, “that I am God.

⁸Were You angry at the rivers, O Lord? Was Your wrath against the streams? Did You rage against the sea when You rode on Your horses, on Your chariots of salvation?

⁶There is none like You, O Lord. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.

³laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

¹This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

¹A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.

²Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

²The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

¹For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

⁴For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,

¹He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

²I will say to the Lord, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

⁹For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

²⁸May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth—an abundance of grain and new wine.

⁶In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The Lord Our Righteousness.

¹⁶For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

²⁷But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

¹⁶In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The Lord Our Righteousness.

¹⁷But Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.

²Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord God is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

⁹O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield.

¹⁰O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and shield.

⁷For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

⁸And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

²³And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.

¹After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”