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Deuteronomy 11:25-27
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 11:25-27
New English Translation
25 Nobody will be able to resist you; the Lord your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.
Anticipation of a Blessing and Cursing Ceremony
26 Take note—I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:[a] 27 the blessing if you take to heart[b] the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,
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- Deuteronomy 11:26 sn A blessing and a curse. Every extant treaty text of the late Bronze Age attests to a section known as the “blessings and curses,” the former for covenant loyalty and the latter for covenant breach. Blessings were promised rewards for obedience; curses were threatened judgments for disobedience. In the Book of Deuteronomy these are fully developed in 27:1-28:68. Here Moses adumbrates the whole by way of anticipation.
- Deuteronomy 11:27 tn Heb “listen to,” that is, obey.
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