Deuteronomy 33:13-17
The Lord's favor turns Joseph's inheritance into a place of abundance and gives Joseph's descendants strength to fulfill their place within Israel's covenant future.
13 About Joseph he said, “His land is blessed by Yahweh, 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 that the moon can yield,
15 for the best things of the ancient mountains, for the precious things of the everlasting hills,
16 for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let this come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his brothers.
17 Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”
The LORD's favor turns Joseph's inheritance into a place of abundance and gives Joseph's descendants strength to fulfill their place within Israel's covenant future.
Moses blesses Joseph's descendants with heaven-sent abundance, fruitful land, divine favor from the God who appeared in the bush, and strength for victory through Ephraim and Manasseh.
Joseph's descendants entered Israel's tribal structure through Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons Jacob adopted and blessed. Moses speaks before Israel crosses the Jordan, giving poetic covenant words over the tribes whose future inheritance will soon be apportioned in the land.
Moses Blesses the Tribes Under the LORD's Eternal Refuge
Israel's future hope does not rest in Moses' continued presence or tribal strength but in the LORD who loves, instructs, reigns, blesses, shelters, and saves His covenant people.