Blessing of Moses

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Hebrew Bible text Old Testament text biblical passage poetic text

Blessing of Moses is a biblical poetic passage in which Moses delivers final prophetic blessings to the tribes of Israel before his death.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judah’s blessing by Jacob	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew Bible text ⓘ Old Testament text ⓘ biblical passage ⓘ poetic text ⓘ
addressesGroup	tribes of Israel ⓘ
addressesTribe	Asher ⓘ Benjamin ⓘ Dan ⓘ Ephraim ⓘ Gad ⓘ Issachar ⓘ Joseph ⓘ Judah son of Jacob ⓘ surface form: Judah Levi ⓘ Manasseh ⓘ Naphtali ⓘ Reuben ⓘ Zebulun ⓘ
attributedAuthor	Moses ⓘ
canonicalStatus	part of the Pentateuch ⓘ part of the Torah ⓘ
containsMotif	God as protector of Israel ⓘ fertility and prosperity ⓘ land inheritance ⓘ military strength ⓘ tribal characteristics ⓘ
followsText	Song of Moses ⓘ
foundInWork	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
genre	blessing ⓘ poetry ⓘ prophetic text ⓘ
language	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse	read in some Christian traditions ⓘ used in Jewish liturgy ⓘ
locatedInText	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ surface form: Deuteronomy 33
narrativeContext	final words of Moses ⓘ
positionInBook	near the end of Deuteronomy ⓘ
precedesText	Death of Moses narrative ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scripturalCollection	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Tanakh ⓘ
theme	Israelite identity ⓘ blessings on the tribes of Israel ⓘ covenant with God ⓘ divine protection ⓘ future of the tribes ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book of Deuteronomy → contains → Blessing of Moses ⓘ

Lion of Judah → linkedTo → Blessing of Moses ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judah’s blessing by Jacob