Daily Text and Bible Reading: Friday, March 7 [Press play below]

33.1 Now this is the blessing that Moses the man of the true God pronounced on the Israelites before his death.
33.2 He said: “Jehovah—from Sinai he came, And he shone upon them from Seir. He shone forth in glory from the mountainous region of Paran, And with him were holy myriads, At his right hand his warriors.
33.3 He had affection for his people; All their holy ones are in your hand. They were sitting at your feet; They began to listen to your words.
33.4 (Moses gave us a command, a law, As a possession of the congregation of Jacob.)
33.5 And He became king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people gathered together, Along with all the tribes of Israel.
33.6 Let Reuben live and not die off, And may his men not become few.”
33.7 And he pronounced this blessing on Judah: “Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And may you bring him back to his people. His arms have defended what belongs to him, And may you help him against his adversaries.”
33.8 Of Levi he said: “Your Thummim and your Urim belong to the man loyal to you, Whom you put to the test at Massah. You began to contend with him by the waters of Meribah,
33.9 The man who said to his father and his mother, ‘I have not shown regard to them.’ Even his brothers he did not acknowledge, And he ignored his own sons. For they kept your word, And they observed your covenant.
33.10 Let them instruct Jacob in your judicial decisions And Israel in your Law. Let them offer up incense as a pleasant aroma for you And a whole offering on your altar.
33.11 Bless, O Jehovah, his strength, And may you show pleasure in the work of his hands. Crush the legs of those who rise up against him, So that those who hate him may rise up no more.”
33.12 Of Benjamin he said: “Let the beloved one of Jehovah reside in security by him; While he shelters him the whole day, He will reside between his shoulders.”
33.13 Of Joseph he said: “May his land be blessed by Jehovah With the choice things of heaven, With dew and the waters from the springs below,
33.14 With choice things produced by the sun And the choice yield each month,
33.15 With the choicest things from the ancient mountains And choice things of the enduring hills,
33.16 With the choice things of the earth and what fills it, And with the approval of the One residing in the thornbush. May they come upon the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of the one singled out from his brothers.
33.17 His splendor is like that of a firstborn bull, And his horns are the horns of a wild bull. With them he will push peoples All together to the ends of the earth. They are the tens of thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.”
33.18 Of Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, O Zebulun, in your going out, And you, Issachar, in your tents.
33.19 They will call peoples to the mountain. There they will offer the sacrifices of righteousness. For they will draw from the abundant wealth of the seas And the hidden hoards of the sand.”
33.20 Of Gad he said: “Blessed is the one widening the borders of Gad. He lies there like a lion, Ready to tear off the arm, yes, the crown of the head.
33.21 He will select the first portion for himself, For there the allotment of a lawgiver is reserved. The heads of the people will gather together. The righteousness of Jehovah he will execute, And his judicial decisions with Israel.”
33.22 Of Dan he said: “Dan is a lion cub. He will leap out from Bashan.”
33.23 Of Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is satisfied with the approval And full of the blessing of Jehovah. Take possession of the west and south.”
33.24 Of Asher he said: “Blessed with sons is Asher. May he be favored by his brothers, And may he dip his feet in oil.
33.25 Iron and copper are your gate locks, And you will be secure all your days.
33.26 There is none like the true God of Jeshurun, Who rides through heaven to help you And who rides upon the clouds in his majesty.
33.27 God is a refuge from ancient times, His everlasting arms are beneath you. And he will drive away the enemy from before you, And he will say, ‘Annihilate them!’
33.28 Israel will reside in security, And the fountain of Jacob will be secluded In a land of grain and new wine, Whose skies will drip with dew.
33.29 Happy you are, O Israel! Who is there like you, A people enjoying salvation in Jehovah, Your protective shield And your majestic sword? Your enemies will cringe before you, And you will tread on their backs.”
34.1 Then Moses went up from the desert plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land, from Gilead to Dan,
34.2 and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the western sea,
34.3 and the Negeb and the District, the valley plain of Jericho, the city of the palm trees, as far as Zoar.
34.4 Jehovah then said to him: “This is the land about which I have sworn to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross over there.”
34.5 After that Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab just as Jehovah had said.
34.6 He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, and nobody knows where his grave is down to this day.
34.7 Moses was 120 years old at his death. His eyes had not grown dim, and his strength had not departed.
34.8 The people of Israel wept for Moses on the desert plains of Moab for 30 days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were completed.
34.9 Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hand on him; and the Israelites began to listen to him, and they did just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
34.10 But there has never again arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom Jehovah knew face-to-face.
34.11 He performed all the signs and the miracles that Jehovah had sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants and all his land,
34.12 along with the mighty hand and the awesome power that Moses displayed before the eyes of all Israel.