Deuteronomy 33:6-17

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[6] Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few. [7] This is [the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, Yahweh, the voice of Judah, Bring him in to his people. With his hands he contended for himself; You shall be a help against his adversaries. [8] Of Levi he said, Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, Whom you did prove at Massah, With whom you did strive at the waters of Meribah; [9] Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed your word, Keep your covenant. [10] They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, Israel your law: They shall put incense before you, Whole burnt offering on your altar. [11] Bless, Yahweh, his substance, Accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of those who rise up against him, Of those who hate him, that they not rise again. [12] Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by him; He covers him all the day long, He dwells between his shoulders. [13] Of Joseph he said, Blessed of Yahweh be his land, For the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, For the deep that couches beneath, [14] For the precious things of the fruits of the sun, For the precious things of the growth of the moons, [15] For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills, [16] For the precious things of the earth and the fullness of it, The good will of him who lived in the bush. Let [the blessing] come on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. [17] The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his; His horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, [even] the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, They are the thousands of Manasseh.

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Deuteronomy 33:6-17 mentions Bashan, Massah, Meribah, Meribah, Mount Paran and Mount Seir.