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Deuteronomy 28:1-14
Legacy Standard Bible

Blessings for Keeping the Commandments

28 “(A)Now it will be, if you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I am commanding you today, Yahweh your God (B)will set you high above all the nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings will come upon you and (C)overtake you if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God:

3 “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be (D)in the [a]field.

4 “Blessed shall be the [b]offspring of your [c]body and the [d]produce of your ground and the [e]offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

6 “Blessed shall you be (E)when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

7 “Yahweh shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be [f]defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways. 8 Yahweh will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in (F)all that you send forth your hand to do, and He will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. 9 (G)Yahweh will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of Yahweh your God and walk in His ways. 10 So all the peoples of the earth will see that [g](H)you are called by the name of Yahweh, and they will be afraid of you. 11 (I)And Yahweh will make you abound in prosperity, in the [h]offspring of your [i]body and in the [j]offspring of your beast and in the [k]produce of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you. 12 Yahweh will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and (J)you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 (K)And Yahweh will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I am commanding you today, to keep and to do, 14 and (L)do not turn aside from any of the words which I am commanding you today, to the right or to the left, to walk after other gods to serve them.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:3 Or country
  2. Deuteronomy 28:4 Lit fruit
  3. Deuteronomy 28:4 Lit womb
  4. Deuteronomy 28:4 Lit fruit
  5. Deuteronomy 28:4 Lit fruit
  6. Deuteronomy 28:7 Lit smitten
  7. Deuteronomy 28:10 Lit the name of Yahweh is called upon you
  8. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit fruit
  9. Deuteronomy 28:11 Or womb
  10. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit fruit
  11. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit fruit
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Deuteronomy 28:1-14
International Standard Version

Rewards for Obedience

28 “Indeed, if you diligently obey[a] the Lord your God to carry out all his commands that I’m giving you today, then the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. 2 Moreover, all these blessings will come upon you in abundance,[b] if you obey the Lord your God:

3 “Blessed will you be in the city and blessed will you be in the country.

4 “Blessed will your children[c] be, as well as the produce of your land, the offspring of your beasts and cattle, and the offspring of your flock.

5 “Blessed will be your grain[d] basket and your kneading bowl.

6 “Blessed will you be in your comings and goings.

7 “The Lord will make your enemies, who rise against you and attack from one direction, to flee from you in seven directions.

8 “The Lord will send blessings for you with regard to your barns and everything you undertake. Indeed, he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you.

9 “The Lord will assign you to be a holy people[e] for himself, just as he promised you, as long as you keep his[f] commands and walk in his ways.

10 “Then all the people of the earth will observe that the name of the Lord is proclaimed[g] among you, and they will fear you.

11 “The Lord will show his abundant goodness with respect to your children,[h] the offspring of your animals, and the produce of your farmland that he[i] promised your ancestors he would give you.

12 “The Lord will open his rich[j] treasury, the heavens, to release rain upon your land in season and bless everything you undertake so that you’ll lend to many nations but won’t borrow.

13 “The Lord your God will make you the head and not the tail—placing you above and not beneath—if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I’m giving you today to keep and observe. 14 Do not deviate from any of his commands that I’m giving you today—neither to the right nor the left—to follow and serve other gods.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:1 Or listen to
  2. Deuteronomy 28:2 Lit. and will overtake you
  3. Deuteronomy 28:4 Lit. shall the fruit of your womb
  4. Deuteronomy 28:5 The Heb. lacks grain
  5. Deuteronomy 28:9 Or nation
  6. Deuteronomy 28:9 Lit. of the Lord your God
  7. Deuteronomy 28:10 Lit. called
  8. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit. the fruit of your womb
  9. Deuteronomy 28:11 Lit. the Lord
  10. Deuteronomy 28:12 Or good
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