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13 “And it will happen that if you listen carefully to my commandments that I am commanding you today,[a] to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all of your heart and with all of your soul,[b] 14 then ‘I will send the rain for your land in its season, early rain and later rain, and you will gather your grain and your wine and your olive oil. 15 And I will give vegetation in your field for your livestock, and you will eat your fill.’[c] 16 Take care[d] so that your heart is not easily deceived, and you turn away, and you serve other gods, and you bow down to them. 17 And then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you,[e] and he will shut up the heavens,[f] and there shall not be rain, and so the ground will not give its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land that Yahweh is giving to you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 11:13 Literally “the day”
  2. Deuteronomy 11:13 Or “inner self”
  3. Deuteronomy 11:15 Literally “you will eat and you will be satisfied”
  4. Deuteronomy 11:16 Literally “Watch for yourself”
  5. Deuteronomy 11:17 Literally “the nose of Yahweh become hot against you”
  6. Deuteronomy 11:17 Or “sky”

13 “If you carefully obey my commands I am giving you today, to love the Lord your God and worship Him with all your heart and all your soul, 14 I[a] will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains,[b] and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and oil.(A) 15 I[c] will provide grass in your fields for your livestock. You will eat and be satisfied.(B) 16 Be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside, worship, and bow down to other gods. 17 Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you. He will close the sky, and there will be no rain; the land will not yield its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land(C) the Lord is giving you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 11:14 DSS, Sam, LXX read He
  2. Deuteronomy 11:14 Following the Hb calendar, the early rain came in September/October and the late rain in March/April.
  3. Deuteronomy 11:15 DSS, Sam, LXX read He