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This is the blessing for Judah, he said:
Hear, O Lord, the call of Judah,
    and bring him onto his people;
let his hands be enough for him,
    and be a help against his enemies.
Concerning Levi, he said:
Let your Thummim[a] and your Urim
    be with your holy one
whom you tested at Massah,
    and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah,
who said of his father and his mother,
    “I have not seen them,”
nor does he acknowledge his brother
    or even know his own children.
They guarded the words of your covenant and observed it.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 33:8 Thummim . . . Urim: dice used for casting lots on the ephod of the high priest (Ex 28:30). The Levites had shown themselves outstanding in fidelity to God (Ex 32:26-29).