Deuteronomy (The Speeches of Moses) - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 212
The Five Books of Moses
50 dren of Israel for possession; and you shall die upon the mountain that you ascend, and be added to your people, as Aaron your brother died on the Hill of Hills, and was
51 added to his people,-—·because you did not exalt Me among the children ·of Israel at Meribah of Kadesh, in the desert of T zin, where you did not sanctify My presence among the
52 children of Israel. Therefore you shall survey the country near it, but you shall not enter the country which I will give to the sons of {smell SrAr·4zA I. @32 Qlcssing af gmuzm. 33 (And having been thuss oken to, Moses, g the Man of Gon, blessed re sons of Isrnel before his death and said ;-——) 1 ‘The Lonu came down from Sinai, And on them shone from the Tempest, He blazed from Paran‘s hill, And brought ten thousand Saints His flaming right—hnnd ruled, For love of His sacrecl tribes. STANZA Il. Ghz 31migI;ig’¤ §rcr2r. ‘On your hand let them trust, At your word rise and march, 4 Let Moses give them Laws, As Prince of ]ecob’s Host, 5 And be Yeshurun’s Leader, Controlling the Nations’ Chiefs, Uniting Israel’s Tribes. Muses Qlzuszz tbz Exilim. Let Reuben live,—··not die, And let his number be great! 7 (He then said to judah,) ‘ Let the LORD hear ]udah‘s voice, And His hand go out with his men, As at power and help from his 8 (And then to Levi he said ;) ‘You have the SWEETNESS and Ltorrr, You are with the one with a trust, Ch. xxxiii., v. r, was a note undoubtedly
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For at Massah you showed your truth, And fought at the Waters of Strife, Who said to his father and mother, ‘ I have no reverence for you; ’ And as brother he recognised none, And had no regard for his son, When he was the guard of Your TRUTH, And stood in defence of Your BoN1> ;- Let them teach jacob Decrees, And in Israel settle Your laws, And offer the incense to You, On Your Altar presenting the Gifts. Bless, Loan, their power, and work, And break through the strength of their foes, And their enemies when they (He said to Benjamin;) The Beloved of the Loma rests secure, Relying on Him all the day, And borne safe up in His armsf (Tlien to joseph he said 2) ‘May the l.o1w give bliss to His land, By the gifts of the skies and the dews, 10
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I2 And with fountains bubbling below, And the bounties, produced by 14 the sun, And the gifts that increase with the moon, And gifts from the hills of the 15 East And the wealth of the ancient 16 hills, And the gifts that burst from the ground, And delights of the shadowing palms, Come all upon ]0seph‘s head, And crown him his brothers' Prince. Like a noble and splendid x7 prince, His horns are the horns of a bull ; With them he will conquer nations, And unite the Land into one, For the ten thousands of Ephrairn,~—~ And Manasseh’s thousands are /576
