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“I pray that Reuben lives, doesn’t die,
    though his numbers are so few.”
Moses said this to Judah:
    Lord, listen to Judah’s voice!
    Bring him back to his own people,
        strengthen his hands;[a]
        be his help against every enemy.”
Then he told Levi:
“Give your Thummim to Levi,[b]
    your Urim to your faithful one—
    the one you tested at Massah,
    the one you challenged by Meribah’s waters;

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  1. Deuteronomy 33:7 Or with his hands he contended
  2. Deuteronomy 33:8 DSS (4QDeuth, 4QTest) and LXX; MT lacks Give to Levi.

“Let Reuben live and not die,
    nor[a] his people be few.”(A)

And this he said about Judah:(B)

“Hear, Lord, the cry of Judah;
    bring him to his people.
With his own hands he defends his cause.
    Oh, be his help against his foes!”

About Levi(C) he said:

“Your Thummim and Urim(D) belong
    to your faithful servant.(E)
You tested(F) him at Massah;
    you contended with him at the waters of Meribah.(G)

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  1. Deuteronomy 33:6 Or but let