Deuteronomy 33:5

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Deuteronomy 33:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 Surely You love the people; all the holy ones are in Your hand, and they sit down at Your feet; each receives Your words—

4 the law that Moses gave us, the possession of the assembly of Jacob.

5 So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.

6 Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

7 And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”

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