Take note – I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God:

This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

Of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, overflowing with favor, and full of the Lord’s blessing, possess the west and south.

the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,

The Lord will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do – yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.

When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you in all your villages. Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.

But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.

“When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.

Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!