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Deuteronomy 28:9-11
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Deuteronomy 28:9-11
New English Translation
9 The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments[a] and obey him.[b] 10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord,[c] and they will respect you. 11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children,[d] the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land that he[e] promised your ancestors[f] he would give you.
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- Deuteronomy 28:9 tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.
- Deuteronomy 28:9 tn Heb “and walk in his ways” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
- Deuteronomy 28:10 tn Heb “the name of the Lord is called over you.” The Hebrew idiom indicates ownership; see 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1, as well as BDB 896 s.v. קָרָא Niph. 2.d.(4).
- Deuteronomy 28:11 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”
- Deuteronomy 28:11 tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.
- Deuteronomy 28:11 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).
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