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Deuteronomy 11:26-28 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 11 · verses 26–28
26Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: 28And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.Deuteronomy 11:26-28 · King James Version
What Deuteronomy 11:26-28 means
Moses sets a blessing and a curse in front of the entire nation on the same day, and ties each one to obedience or to turning aside. It's plain language, and no third option is offered. The choice belonged to them, and he made sure they knew where each road came out.
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Deuteronomy 11:26-28 in context
24Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
25There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
26Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
27A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
28And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
29And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
30Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Commentary
Cross references
- Deuteronomy 30:15-20
- Deuteronomy 30:1
- Isaiah 1:19
- Deuteronomy 28:1-14
- Isaiah 3:10
- Luke 11:28
- Leviticus 26:3-13
- John 13:17
- John 14:21-23
- Romans 2:7
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentsmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- blessingBᵉrâkâhbenedictionH1293 →
- commandtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- Beholdrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- curseqᵉlâlâhvilificationH7045 →
- asideçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- obeyshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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Here Moses concludes his general exhortations to obedience; and his management is very affecting, and such as, one would think, should have engaged them for ever to God, and should have left impressions upon them never to be worn out. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-32