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Deuteronomy 11:28 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 11 · verse 28
And 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 11:28 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 11:28 in context
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
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentsmitsvâha command, whether human or divineH4687 →
- commandtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- curseqᵉlâlâhvilificationH7045 →
- asideçûwrto turn offH5493 →
- obeyshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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