The Lord (A)will command the blessing on you in your barns and (B)in all that you undertake. (C)And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

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The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless(A) you in the land he is giving you.

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10 You shall give to him freely, and (A)your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because (B)for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

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10 Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart;(A) then because of this the Lord your God will bless(B) you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.

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10 You shall eat (A)old store long kept, and you shall clear out the old to make way for the new.

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10 You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new.(A)

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Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with (A)the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your (B)barns will be filled with plenty,
    and your vats will be bursting with wine.

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Honor the Lord with your wealth,
    with the firstfruits(A) of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled(B) to overflowing,
    and your vats will brim over with new wine.(C)

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It is like (A)the dew of (B)Hermon,
    which falls on (C)the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord (D)has commanded the blessing,
    life forevermore.

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It is as if the dew(A) of Hermon(B)
    were falling on Mount Zion.(C)
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,(D)
    even life forevermore.(E)

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26 (A)Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. (B)Are you not of more value than they?

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26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.(A) Are you not much more valuable than they?(B)

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18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my (A)barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

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18 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.

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10 (A)Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby (B)put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open (C)the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. 11 I will rebuke (D)the devourer[a] for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:11 Probably a name for some crop-destroying pest or pests

10 Bring the whole tithe(A) into the storehouse,(B) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates(C) of heaven and pour out(D) so much blessing(E) that there will not be room enough to store it.(F) 11 I will prevent pests from devouring(G) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,(H)” says the Lord Almighty.

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then (A)I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. (B)Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And (C)you shall eat your bread to the full and (D)dwell in your land securely.

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I will send you rain(A) in its season,(B) and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.(C) Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want(D) and live in safety in your land.(E)

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24 (A)Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. (B)Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his (C)span of life?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:25 Or a single cubit to his stature; a cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them.(A) And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life[a]?

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:25 Or single cubit to your height

By day the Lord (A)commands his steadfast love,
    and at (B)night his song is with me,
    a prayer to the God of my life.

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By day the Lord directs his love,(A)
    at night(B) his song(C) is with me—
    a prayer to the God of my life.(D)

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21 I will (A)command my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years.

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21 I will send you such a blessing(A) in the sixth year that the land will yield enough for three years.(B)

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19 (A)Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on (B)I will bless you.”

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19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(A) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(B)

“‘From this day on I will bless(C) you.’”

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