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28:1 “If <0518> you indeed <08085> obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> and are careful <08104> to observe <06213> all <03605> his commandments <04687> I <0595> am giving <06680> you today <03117>, the Lord <03068> your God <0430> will elevate <05945> you above <05921> all <03605> the nations <01471> of the earth <0776>. 28:2 All <03605> these <0428> blessings <01293> will come <0935> to <05921> you in abundance <05381> if <03588> you obey <06963> <08085> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>: 28:3 You <0859> will be blessed <01288> in the city <05892> and blessed <01288> in the field <07704>. 28:4 Your children <0990> <06529> will be blessed <01288>, as well as the produce <06529> of your soil <0127>, the offspring <06529> of your livestock <0929>, the calves of your herds <0504>, and the lambs <06629> of your flocks <06251>. 28:5 Your basket <02935> and your mixing bowl <04863> will be blessed <01288>. 28:6 You will be blessed <01288> when you <0859> come <0935> in and blessed <01288> when you <0859> go out <03318>. 28:7 The Lord <03068> will cause <05414> your enemies <0341> who attack <06965> you to be struck down <05062> before <06440> you; they will attack <03318> you from one <0259> direction <01870> but flee <05127> from <06440> you in seven <07651> different directions <01870>. 28:8 The Lord <03068> will decree <06680> blessing <01293> for you with respect to your barns <0618> and in everything <03605> you do <04916>– yes, he will bless <01288> you in the land <0776> he <0430> <03068> is giving <05414> you. 28:9 The Lord <03068> will designate <06965> you as his holy <06918> people <05971> just as <0834> he promised <07650> you, if <03588> you keep <08104> his commandments <04687> and obey <01980> him. 28:10 Then all <03605> the peoples <05971> of the earth <0776> will see <07200> that <03588> you belong to the Lord <05921> <07121> <03068> <08034>, and they will respect <03372> you <04480>. 28:11 The Lord <03068> will greatly <02896> multiply <03498> your children <0990> <06529>, the offspring <06529> of your livestock <0929>, and the produce <06529> of your soil <0127> in <05921> the land <0127> which <0834> he promised <07650> your ancestors <01> he would give <05414> you. 28:12 The Lord <03068> will open <06605> for you his good <02896> treasure <0214> house, the heavens <08064>, to give <05414> you rain <04306> for the land <0776> in its season <06256> and to bless <01288> all <03605> you do <03027> <04639>; you will lend <03867> to many <07227> nations <01471> but you <0859> will not <03808> borrow <03867> from any. 28:13 The Lord <03068> will make <05414> you the head <07218> and not <03808> the tail <02180>, and you will always end up <01961> at the top <04605> and not <03808> at the bottom <04295>, if <03588> you obey <08085> his <03068> commandments <04687> which <0834> I <0595> am urging <06680> you today <03117> to be careful <08104> to do <06213>.

• Deu 28:1-14 -- The Covenant Blessings

• DEUTERONOMY

  [isbe] DEUTERONOMY - du-ter-on'-o-mi: 1. Name 2. What Deuteronomy Is 3. Analysis 4. Ruling Ideas 5. Unity 6. Authorship 7. Deuteronomy Spoken Twice 8. Deuteronomy's Influence in Israel's History 9. The Critical Theory LITERATURE 1....
  [smith] --which means "the repetition of the law" --consists chiefly of three discourses delivered by Moses shortly before his death. Subjoined to these discourses are the Song of Moses the Blessing of Moses, and the story of his dea...
  

• LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. TERMS USED 1. Torah ("Law") 2. Synonyms of Torah (1) Mitswah ("Command") (2) `Edhah ("Witness," "Testimony") (3) MishpaTim ("Judgments") (4) Chuqqim ("Statutes") (5) Piqqudhim ("Precepts") II...
  

• GOOD, CHIEF

  [isbe] GOOD, CHIEF - What this consisted in was greatly discussed in ancient philosophy. Varro enumerated 288 answers to the question. By Plato "the good" was identified with God. In the Old Testament while the "good" of the nation...
  

• FEVER

  [isbe] FEVER - fe'-ver (qaddachath, dalleqeth; puretos, derived from a root signifying "to burn"): A generic term, applied to all diseases characterized by high temperature of body. Several forms of febrile disease are among the co...
  

• Blessing

  [nave] BLESSING For blessing before eating, See: Prayer, Thanksgiving Before Taking Food. See also Benedictions. Responsive Blessings of the Law Deut. 28:1-14 For the responsive Curses of the law, See: Curse. Divine, Contingent...
  

• EXODUS, THE

  [isbe] EXODUS, THE - ek'-so-dus: I. THE ROUTE 1. The Starting-Point 2. Rameses to Succoth 3. Succoth to Etham 4. Passage of the Sea 5. Other Views of the Route II. THE DATE 1. Old Testament Chronology 2. Date of Conquest of Palesti...
  

• Moses

  [ebd] drawn (or Egypt. mesu, "son;" hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25), Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. This immigration took place probably about 350 years before the birth of Moses. ...
  

• SALVATION

  [isbe] SALVATION - sal-va'-shun: I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. General 2. Individualism 3. Faith 4. Moral Law 5. Sacrifices 6. Ritual Law II. INTERMEDIATE LITERATURE 1. General 2. The Law III. THE TEACHING OF CHRIST 1. The Baptist 2. ...
  

• LEVITICUS, 2

  [isbe] LEVITICUS, 2 - III. Origin. 1. Against the Wellhausen Hypothesis: As in the article ATONEMENT, DAY OF, sec. I, 2, (2), we took a stand against the modern attempts at splitting up the text, and in III, 1 against theory of the...
  

• Righteous

  [nave] RIGHTEOUS. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Contrasted with the Wicked; Described; Promises to, Expressed or Implied. Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics Compared with: The sun, Judg. 5:31; Matt. 13:43; sta...
  

• Obedience

  [nave] OBEDIENCE. Gen. 18:19; Ex. 19:5; Ex. 20:6 Deut. 5:10. Ex. 24:7 Josh. 24:24. Num. 9:23; Num. 14:24 Josh. 14:6-14. Josh. 22:2; 1 Kin. 3:14; 2 Kin. 18:6; 2 Kin. 21:8; Neh. 1:5; Psa. 1:2; Psa. 18:44; Psa. 25:10; Psa. 99:7; Psa....
  

• Heathen

  [ebd] (Heb. plural goyum). At first the word goyim denoted generally all the nations of the world (Gen. 18:18; comp. Gal. 3:8). The Jews afterwards became a people distinguished in a marked manner from the other goyim. They were a...
  

• Jerusalem

  [ebd] called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the "holy city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the holy;" once "the city of Judah" (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the dual form, and means "posses...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Kneading-trough

  [ebd] the vessel in which the dough, after being mixed and leavened, was left to swell or ferment (Ex. 8:3; 12:34; Deut. 28:5, 7). The dough in the vessels at the time of the Exodus was still unleavened, because the people were co...
  [nave] KNEADING-TROUGH. Ex. 8:3; 12:34; Deut. 28:5, 17.
  

• Basket

  [isbe] BASKET - bas'-ket: Four kinds of "baskets" come to view in the Old Testament under the Hebrew names, dudh, Tene', cal and kelubh. There is little, however, in these names, or in the narratives where they are found, to indica...
  [nave] BASKET, Gen. 40:16, 17; Ex. 29:3, 23, 32; Lev. 8:2; Num. 6:15; Deut. 26:2; 28:5, 17; 2 Kin. 10:7. Received the fragments after the miracles of the loaves, Matt. 14:20; 15:37; 16:9, 10. Paul let down from the wall in, Acts...
  

• BODY

  [isbe] BODY - bod'-i: I. PHILOLOGICAL: Generally speaking, the Old Testament language employs no fixed term for the human body as an entire organism in exact opposition to "soul" or "spirit." Various terms were employed, each of wh...
  

• Holiness

  [nave] HOLINESS. Gen. 17:1; Gen. 35:2; Ex. 19:6; Ex. 22:31; Ex. 39:30 Ex. 28:36. Lev. 10:8-10; Lev. 11:44, 45 [Lev. 19:2; 20:7.] Lev. 11:47; Lev. 20:26; Deut. 13:17; Deut. 14:2 Deut. 26:19. Deut. 18:13; Deut. 28:9; Deut. 30:2, 10;...
  

• Walking

  [nave] WALKING With God: According to his commands, Deut. 5:33; Psa. 1; Jer. 7:23; in his ways, Deut. 28:9; Josh. 22:5; in the old paths, Jer. 6:16; as taught by him, 1 Kin. 8:36; Isa. 2:3; 30:21; uprightly, Prov. 2:7; in his statu...
  

• STOREHOUSES

  [isbe] STOREHOUSES - stor'-houz-iz, -ez: The following chief changes in the use of this word (representing various Hebrew words) in the Revised Version (British and American) to be noted are: In Dt 28:8, the Revised Version (Britis...
  

• About Curses and Blessings

  

• Curses and Blessings

  

• Was it realy feasible for Mordecai or Ester to return to Jerusalem during their time in Persia? (Since it seems that they fall between the returns of Zerubbabel and Ezra.) How does this affect their disobedience for not returning?
  I found these remarks in the Bible Knowledge Commentary, which may be of interest: Historical Setting. The Book of Esther is unique in several ways. For one thing it is a book with several historical problems. The book ...
• I have friends who are Seventh Day Adventist and in the Unification Church. One believes in soul sleep and the other believes we can communicate with dead relatives. Are there any biblical passages to refute their beliefs?
  Consulting the dead is clearly condemned in Deuteronomy 18:11. We also see Saul attempting to do this just before his death in 1 Samuel chapter 28. As to the matter of soul sleep, I would look at texts like these: Luke 16...
• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...
• Do you have to believe the Bible is the inerrant word of God to be saved?
  In a very general way, I think I can say that one could come to faith in Christ for salvation without believing in the inerrancy of the Word of God, but I am doubtful that one could stay that way for long. The disciples of ou...

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