Deuteronomy 33 - All the Land That Was Promised

I was amazed to see how Deuteronomy came to a close.  After Moses's Canticle in Deuteronomy 32, there is a lengthy blessing in Deuteronomy 33 that seems to mirror or parallel the blessing given by Jacob to all his children at the end of the Book of Genesis.  Thus we have blessings that act as bookends to the two sides of the Torah.  Jacob, in Genesis 49, blesses his sons directly.  Moses, in Deuteronomy 33, blesses their progeny.  The whole literary structure of it all is quite brilliant (which I guess is an understatement referring to God's Word).  Even reading both chapters side by side, one can see the parallel structure quite vividly.  For instance, Jacob tells his son Ruben "grow thou not" (Genesis 49:4), indicating his descendents will be few; and Moses says Ruben will be "small in number" (Deuteronomy 33:6).  Moses's blessings, though, go beyond the individual sons of Jacob.  They speak not only to descendents and posterity, but also to specific geographical regions.  Though the tribal allotments of the Promised Land will be more thorough and exact in the Book of Joshua, Moses here in his blessing hints at where they will be and what they will consist of.  Contained in this blessing are other prophecies.  In speaking of the tribe of Dan, Moses mentions a "young lion" (Deuteronomy 33:22), which is taken to indicate the powerful Samson of the tribe of Dan.  In speaking of Benjamin, Moses says that "the Lord shall dwell confidently in him" (Deuteronomy 33:12), referring to Jerusalem's location, and thus the Temple of the Lord, being within the bounds of Benjamin's tribe.  We can start to get an idea of where each of these tribes will settle in the Promised Land, that Zabulon will be by the sea, that Aser will be where olive trees grow plentifully, etc.  We get other indications, that Juda will be a warring tribe, that Gad will be where Moses will be buried, etc.  The stage is being set.  Deuteronomy is ending with a bang.  First Moses's striking song, then this information-packed blessing/prophecy.  The significance of the Covenant is being stressed one last definitive time!  Moses is leaving the earth and he needs to make sure his people understand the importance of the Law they are meant to keep, and also the utter magnificence of what transpired in Egypt and in the desert.  Everything that comes next in the Old Testament is built upon this foundation, the foundation created by God through Moses.  Deuteronomy 33 is like a blueprint, and Joshua will pick up the plans and take the Israelites with him to enact what Moses has envisaged.