Blessings for Obedience

26 “‘You^[a] shall not make for yourselves idols and divine images, and you shall not raise up stone pillars for yourselves, and you shall not put a sculptured stone in your land in order to^[b] worship before it, because I am Yahweh your God.

² “‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and you shall revere my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

³ “‘If you walk in my statutes and you keep my commands and you do them, ⁴ then^[c] I will give you rains in their time, and the land shall give its produce, and the trees of the field shall give their fruit. ⁵ And for you the threshing season shall overtake the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall overtake the sowing, and you shall eat your food to your fill^[d] and you shall live securely^[e] in your land. ⁶ And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and there shall not be anybody who makes you afraid,^[f] and I will remove harmful animals from the land, and no sword shall pass through your land.^{[g] 7} And you shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you.^{[h] 8} And five of^[i] you shall pursue a hundred, and a hundred of^[j] you shall pursue a myriad;^[k] and your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.^{[l] 9} And I will turn to you, and I will make you fruitful, and I will make you numerous; and I will keep my covenant with you. ¹⁰ And you shall eat old grain,^[m] and you shall clear away the old before the new.^{[n] 11} And I will put my dwelling place in your midst, and my inner self^[o] shall not abhor you. ¹² And I will walk about in your midst, and I shall be your God,^[p] and you shall be my people.^{[q] 13} I am Yahweh, your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves; and I broke the bars of your yoke, and I caused you to walk erectly.