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Moses Continued the Blessings for Israel  Moses said this about the tribe of Benjamin:  “The people of Benjamin are loved by the Lord and live in safety beside him.  He surrounds them continuously  and preserves them from every harm.”  Moses said this about the tribes of Joseph:  “May their land be blessed by the Lord, with the precious gift of dew from the heavens and water from beneath the earth; with the rich fruit that grows in the sun, and the rich harvest produced each month; with the finest crops of the ancient mountains, and the abundance from the everlasting hills; with the best gifts of the earth and its bounty, and the favor of the one who appeared in the burning bush.  May these blessings rest on Joseph’s head, crowning the brow of the prince among his brothers.  Joseph has the majesty of a young bull; he has the horns of a wild ox.  He will gore distant nations,  even to the ends of the earth.  This is my blessing for t...

Moses Blesses the People This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave to the people of Israel before his death:  “The Lord came from Mount Sinai  and dawned upon us from Mount Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came from Meribah-kadesh, with flaming fire at His right hand.  Indeed, He loves His people; all His holy ones are in His hands.  They follow in His steps  and accept His teaching.  Moses gave us the Lord’s instruction, the special possession of the people of Israel.  The Lord became king in Israel— when the leaders of the people assembled, when the tribes of Israel gathered, as one.”  Moses said this about the tribe of Reuben:  “Let the tribe of Reuben live and not die out, though they are few in number.”  Moses said this about the tribe of Judah:  “O Lord, hear the cry of Judah  and bring them together, as a people.  Give them strength to defend their cause; help them against their enemies!”  ...

​ Moses’ Death is Foretold When Moses had finished reciting all the words ( of the Lord’s song ), to the people of Israel, he added:  “Take to heart, all the words of warning, that I have given you today.  Pass them on, as a command, to your children, so they will obey every word, of these instructions.  These instructions are not empty words—they are your life!  By obeying them, you will enjoy a long life, in the land, that you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River.”  …That same day, the Lord said to Moses,  “Go to Moab, to the mountains, east of the river, and climb Mount Nebo, which is across from Jericho.  Look out across the land of Canaan, the land that I am giving to the people of Israel, as their own special possession.  Then, you will die there, on the mountain. You will join your ancestors, just as Aaron, your brother, died on Mount Hor, and joined his ancestors.  For both of you, betrayed Me with the Israelites, at the waters...

​ The Song of Moses Part-5 The Lord, God Almighty says,  Look now; I Myself am He!  There is no other God but Me!  I am the One who kills and gives life; …I am the One who wounds and heals; no one can be rescued from My powerful hand!  Now, I raise My hand to heaven  and declare, … “As surely as I live, when I sharpen My flashing sword and begin to carry out justice, I will take revenge on My enemies …and repay those who reject Me.  I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword will devour flesh— the blood of the slaughtered and the captives, and the heads of the enemy leaders.” ’  “Rejoice with Him, you heavens,  and let all of God’s angels worship Him.  Rejoice with His people, you Gentiles, and let all the angels be strengthened in Him.  For He will avenge the blood of His children; He will take revenge against His enemies.  He will repay those who hate Him  and cleanse His people’s land.”  So, Moses came wi...

The Song of Moses Part-4 “…Israel is a senseless nation;  the people are foolish, without understanding.  Oh, that they were wise …and could understand this!  Oh, that they might know their fate!  How could one person chase a thousand of them, …and how could two people put ten thousand to flight, …unless their Rock had sold them, …unless the Lord had given them up?  But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock, …as even they recognize.  Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom, from the vineyards of Gomorrah.  Their grapes are poison, and their clusters are bitter.  Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.  “The Lord says, ‘Am I not storing up these things, sealing them away in My treasury?  I will take revenge;  I will pay them back.  In due time, their feet will slip.  Their day of disaster will arrive,  and their destiny will overtake them.’  “Indeed, the Lord will give justice to H...

​ The Song of Moses Part-3 “The Lord saw this… and drew back, provoked to anger, by His own sons and daughters.  He said, ‘I will abandon them;  then see what becomes of them.  For they are a twisted generation,  children without integrity.  They have roused My jealousy, by worshiping things that are not God; they have provoked My anger, with their useless idols.  Now, I will rouse their jealousy, through people, who are not even a people; I will provoke their anger, through the foolish Gentiles.  For My anger blazes forth, like fire  …and burns, to the depths of the grave.  It devours the earth …and all its crops …and it ignites the foundations of the mountains.  I will heap disasters upon them, and shoot them down with My arrows.  I will weaken them, with famine,  burning fevers, and deadly diseases.  I will send the fangs, of wild beasts and poisonous snakes, that glide in the dust.  Outside, the sword will bring d...