Holy Scripture

Deuteronomy 33:12

A church father on this verse
“Finally, there is the ecstatic taste of sweet contemplation. It is written: "Of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand sealed." Benjamin, "the son of the right hand, the son of pain," in giving birth to whom Rachel died, and yet, Benjamin, "the best beloved of the Lord, as in a bride chamber shall he abide all the day…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 23

Source: Septuagint

Original

12And to Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in confidence, And God overshadows him always, And he rested between his shoulders.

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In context

10They shall declare thine ordinances to Jacob, And thy law to Israel: They shall place incense in the time of thy wrath Continually upon thine altar.

11Bless, Lord, his strength, And accept the works of his hands; Break the loins of his enemies that have risen up against him, And let not them that hate him rise up.

— Deuteronomy 33:12 —

13And to Joseph he said, His land is of the blessing of the Lord, Of the seasons of sky and dew, And of the deeps of wells below,

14And of the fruits of the changes of the sun in season, And of the produce of the months,

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