Elisha Performs Miracles

19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren.”

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Healing of the Water

19 The people of the city said to Elisha, “Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.”

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And all these blessings shall come upon you and (A)overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:

(B)“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be (C)in the country.

“Blessed shall be (D)the [a]fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:4 offspring

All these blessings will come on you(A) and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:

You will be blessed(B) in the city and blessed in the country.(C)

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(D)

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26 (A)No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will (B)fulfill the number of your days.

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26 and none will miscarry or be barren(A) in your land. I will give you a full life span.(B)

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11 And (A)the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord [a]swore to your fathers to give you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:11 promised

11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock(A) and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.(B)

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Curses on Disobedience(A)

15 “But it shall come to pass, (B)if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

16 “Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country.

17 “Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

18 “Cursed shall be the [a]fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

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  1. Deuteronomy 28:18 offspring

Curses for Disobedience

15 However, if you do not obey(A) the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,(B) all these curses will come on you and overtake you:(C)

16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.(D)

17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.(E)

18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(F)

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11 So Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord! Please (A)do not lay [a]this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned.

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  1. Numbers 12:11 the penalty for this

11 and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.(A)

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23 Now when they came to (A)Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called [a]Marah.

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  1. Exodus 15:23 Lit. Bitter

23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.[a](A))

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  1. Exodus 15:23 Marah means bitter.

19 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and (A)stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, over their ponds, and over all their pools of water, that they may become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone.’ ”

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19 The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff(A) and stretch out your hand(B) over the waters of Egypt—over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs—and they will turn to blood.’ Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in vessels[a] of wood and stone.”

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  1. Exodus 7:19 Or even on their idols

34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation [a]with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, (A)according to the word of the Lord, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.

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  1. 1 Kings 16:34 At the cost of the life of

34 In Ahab’s time, Hiel of Bethel rebuilt Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of his firstborn son Abiram, and he set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken by Joshua son of Nun.(A)

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14 Give them, O Lord
What will You give?
Give them (A)a miscarrying womb
And dry breasts!

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14 Give them, Lord
    what will you give them?
Give them wombs that miscarry
    and breasts that are dry.(A)

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Now as Obadiah was on his way, suddenly Elijah met him; and he (A)recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is that you, my lord Elijah?”

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As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized(A) him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”

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26 Then Joshua [a]charged them at that time, saying, (A)“Cursed be the man before the Lord who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.”

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  1. Joshua 6:26 warned

26 At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath:(A) “Cursed(B) before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho:

“At the cost of his firstborn son
    he will lay its foundations;
at the cost of his youngest
    he will set up its gates.”(C)

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17 Now the city shall be (A)doomed by the Lord to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only (B)Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because (C)she hid the messengers that we sent.

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17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[a](A) to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute(B) and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid(C) the spies we sent.

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  1. Joshua 6:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 18 and 21.