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Law on stone.

17 Thou hast avouched y the LORD B. C. 1451. this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes. z and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

DEUTERONOMY, XXVII, XXVIII.

he hath spoken.

18 And the LORD a hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar b 2 Ps. 147.19, people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep call a ch.14.2. his commandments;

20.

28.9.

b Ex. 19.5,6.
Tit.2.14.

19 And to make thee high d above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy e

c Ps. 119.6.
Ro. 16.26.

people unto the LORD thy God, as

CHAPTER XXVII.

y Ex.24.7.
2Ch.34.31.
Is.44.5.
Zec. 13.9.
2Cor.8.5.

The curses pronounced on mount
Ebal.

d Ps. 148. 14.

e 1 Pet.2.9.

(CHAP. 27.)
a Jos.4.1,&c,
b Jos.8.32.

with the elders

Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the command-c ch.11.29. ments which I command you this day.

Jos.8.30,33. d ch.26.10,11. e ch. 26, 18.

2 And it shall be on the day a when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

Ho.13.2,3.

3 And b thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land h2Ki.17.9,10. which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milki Lev. 19.3. and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

Jer.23.24.

Pr.30.17.

k ch. 19. 14. 4 Therefore it shall be, when ye I Lev. 19.14. be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I com-m Ex.22.21mand you this day, in mount Ebal,c and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.

24.

16 Cursed be he that i setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen. 17 Cursed be he that removeth k his neighbour's landmark: and all the people shall say, Amen. 18 Cursed be he that maketh the l blind to wander out of the way: and all the people shall say, Amen. 19 Cursed be he that perverteth m the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow and all the people shall say, Amen.

20 Cursed be he n that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast: o and all the people shall say, Amen.

22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, p the daughter of his father, Mal.3.5. or the daughter of his mother: n Lev. 18.8. and all the people shall say, Amen. 20.11. 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his 1Cor.5.1. mother-in-law: q and all the peoLev. 18.23.ple shall say, Amen.

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24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly: r and all the people shall say, Amen.

25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slays an innocent person: and all the people shall say, Amen. 26 Cursed t be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do u them: and all the people shall say, Amen.

for a cursing. fch.33.10.

g Ex.20.4,23.

Is.44.9.

5 And there shalt thou build an alter unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron too! upon them.

6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God.

7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice d before the LORD thy God:

8 And thou shalt write upon the| stones all the words of this law, very plainly.

9 And Moses and the priests the Levites, spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Is-u rael; This e day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

20.15.

p Lev. 18.9.
20.17.
q Lev. 18.17.

20.14.

ch.19.11,12.

Ex.21.12

Curses pronounced.

11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal 1 to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zuhulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14 And the Levites fshall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice:

14.

s Ex.23.7,8.
Pr. 1.11-19.
Eze.22.12.
t ch.28.15.&c
Ps. 119.21.
Gal.3.10.

Rom. 10.5.
Jer. 11.3-5.
Rom.3. 19.
(CHAP. 28.)
a Ex. 15.26.
Le.26.3,&c.
b ch.26. 19.

15 Cursed be the man that makethg any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret h place: and all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

1 The blessings for obedience, 15 The curses for disobedience.

thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high b above all the nations of the earth:

Blessings for obedience. DEUTERONOMY, XXVIII.

2 And all these blessings shall B. C.1451. come on thee, and overtake c thee, if d thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

3 Blessede shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

c ver. 15,45.
d 1Ti 4.8.
e Ge.39.5.

Ps. 128. 1-4.

fch.7.13.
Ge.49.25.
Ps. 107.38.
127.3.

or, dough,
or, knead

ing

4 Blessed shall be the f fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy I store.

troughs.

6 Blessed shalt thou be when gg Ps. 121.8. thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

7 The LORD shall cause thine h enemies that rise up against thee to be smiten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one A Lev.25.21. way, and flee i before thee seven 2 or, barns.

ways.

8 The LORD shall command k the blessing upon thee in thy 2 storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto: and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, t and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

i Jos.8.22.
2 Chr. 14.9-

15.

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

19 Cursed shalt thou be when h 2Sa.22.38-thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

41.

20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, z and rebuke, a in all that thou settest thine hand unto 5 for to do, b until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

1 Ps.S7.5.

2Th.3.3.
1Pet.5.10.

m Ex.19.5,6.
n Mal.3.12.
o Da.9.18, 19.
p ch.11.25.
1Ch.14.17.

a Is.30.17.
which thou

wouldest
do.

b 1Sa. 14.20.
Zec. 14. 13.

9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn m unto thee, if thou shalt keep the command- 3 or, for good. ver, and with an inflammation, and ments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fe

9 Pr. 10.12.

4 belly. r Joel 2.23.. 10 And all people n of the earth 8 ch.15.6. shall see that thou art called o byt Is.9.14,15. the name of the LORD; and they u ch.5.32. shall be afraid p of thee. v Is.30.21.

with an extreme burning, and with thed sword, and with 6 blasting, and with mildew: and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

23 Ande thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

&c.

11 And q the LORD shall make w Le.26.14, thee plenteous 3 in goods, in the fruit of thy 4 body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the x Lam.2.17. LORD Sware unto thy fathers to y Mal.2.2. give thee. z Is.28.19.

12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasures, the heaven to give the rain unto r thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lends unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

c Jer. 24.10.

d Am.4.9.

e

Curses for disobedience.

serve to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

16 Cursed y shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

or drought.
Jer. 14. 1-6.

17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

ver.7.

Job 18.15-
21.
ch.32.30.
for a re-
moving.
h Jer. 15.4.
i Ps.79.2.
Jer. 7.33.
k Ex.9 9.11.

14 And u thou shalt not go aside
from any of the words which I
command thee this day, to v the
right hand, or to the left, to go
after other gods to serve them.
15 But it shall come to pass, ifm Job 5.14.
thou wilt not w hearken unto the Is.59.10.
voice of the LORD thy God, to ob-

1Sa.5.6,12.

1 Jer.4.9.

21 The LORD shall make the c pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

21 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, f until thou be destroyed.

25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten g before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them; and shalt be removed h into all the kingdoms of the earth.

26 And thy carcasei shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the k emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

29 And thou shalt grope m at noon-day, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

Curses for

30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, B. C. 1451. and another man shall lie with

DEUTERONOMY, XXVIII.

45 Moreover, all these curses a shall come upon thee, and shall

her: thou shalt build o an house, n Jer. 8. 10.
and thou shalt not dwell thereino Am.5.11.
thou shalt plant a vineyard, and
Mi.6. 15.
shalt not gather the grapes 8 profane, or, pursue thee, and overtake thee,
thereof.
till b thou be destroyed: because
thou hearkenedst not unto the
voice of the LORD thy God, to keep
his commandments and his sta-
tutes which he commanded thee:
46 And they shall be upon thee
for a signc and for a wonder, and
upon thy seed for ever.

use it as
common
meat, as
ch.20 6.

9

return.
p2 Ch.29.9.
q Ne.9.36,37.
Jer.5.17.

47 Because d thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance e of all things;

48 Therefore ƒ shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger,g and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron h upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not 9 be restored to thee thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

32 Thy sons p and thy daughterss shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long and there shall be no might in thine hand.

33 The fruit g of thy land, and all thy labours shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

consume it.

39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the worms w shall eat them.

40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but 10 thou shalt not enjoy them for they r shall go into captivity.

42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust 11 consume.

r Is. 1.6.

31 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from r the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

36 The LORD shall brings thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which

neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and at byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

g La.5.2-6.

38 Thon shalt carry much u seed h Jer.28.14. out into the field, and shalt gatheri Jer.5.15. but little in: for the locust v shall 6.22,23. k Lam.4.19. 12 hear. 13 strong of

43 They stranger that is within. thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He z shall lend to thee, and

2Ch.36.6,17.

t Ps.44.14.

u Mi.6.15.
Hag.1.6.

v Joel 1.4.
w Am.7.1,2.
10 they shall
not be

thine.

x 2Ki.24. 14.
Lam. 1.5.

11 or, possess.
y Ju.2.11-15.

z ver. 12, 13.

a ver. 15.

b 2ki.17.20.

c Eze. 14.8.
1Cor. 10.11.

d Ne.9.35-37.
e ch.32.15.
f2Chr. 12.8.
Jer.5.19.

Eze. 17.3,7,
12.

disobedience.

thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

face.
Pr.7.13.

Ec.8.1,
Dan.8.23.
i2Ch.36.17.
Is.47.6.
m 2Ki.25.1-4.
Is. 1.7.

62.8.
n2Ki.6.28,29.
Jer. 19.9.
Lam.2.20.

4.10.

14 belly.
0 ch.15.9.
Mat. 20.15.
p ch.13.6.
Mi.7.5.

49 The LORD shall bring a i nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, ask swift as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou shalt not 12 understand;

50 A nation 13 of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed

thee.

52 And he shall besiege m thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in land which the LORD thy God all thy gates throughout all thy

hath given thee.

53 And thou shalt eat n the fruit of thine own 14 body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eve shall o be evil toward his brother, and toward thep wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath

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Curses for disobedience.

nothing left him in the siege, and B. C. 1451.
in the straitness, wherewith thine
enemies shall distress thee in all 15 after birth.

DEUTERONOMY, XXIX. Exhortations to obedience.

fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

67 In the morning e thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt ƒ again with ships, by the way whereof I spake g unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

thy gates.

56 The tender and delicate wo- 9 Is.49.15. man among you, which would not r ver.53. adventure to set the sole of her s Ne.9.5. foot upon the ground for delicatePs.72.19. ness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

t Ps. 111.9.

u Ex.6.2.3.
Ps.83.18.

57 And toward her 15 young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children q which she shall bear: for she shall eatr them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this gloriouss and fearful t name, THE u LORD Nc.9.23. THY & GOD;

59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, w and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

v Ex 20.2.
Ps.50.7.
Is. 41. 10.

w Dan.9.12.

x ch.7.15.

16 cause to
ascend.

y Ne.7.4.

Is. 1.9.

a ch.30.9.
Jer.32.41.

b Pr.1.26.

Is. 1.24.

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Jer. 16. 13.

50.17.

Eze.11.16,
17.

60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases r of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD 16 bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

g ch.17.16.

62 And ye shall be left few y in
number, whereas ye were as the z
stars of heaven for multitude; be-
cause thou wouldest not obey the (CHAP. 29.)
Voice of the LORD thy God.
63 And it shall come to pass, that a ch.5.2,3.
as the LORD rejoiced over you to b Ex.8.12.
do you a good, and to multiply
you; so the LORD will rejoice over c ch.4.34.
you to destroy b you and to bring
you to nought; and ye shall be
plucked from off the land whither
thou goest to possess it.

e ch.8.4.

64 And the LORD shall scatter c
thee among all people from the ƒ Ex. 16.35
one end of the earth even unto the
other; and there thou shalt serve
other gods, which neither thou nor
thy fathers have known, even wood 5 1Cor.9.25

Ps.78.24,
25.

and stone.

h Nu.21.23.

d Am.9.4.

e Job 7.4.

f Hos.8.13.
9.3.

d Is.6.9,10.

63.17. Jno.8.43.

CHAPTER XXIX.

2 An exhortation to obedience. 29 Se-
cret things belong unto God.
are the of the

covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made a with them in Horeb.

2 T And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did b before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

65 And d among these nations
shalt thou find no ease, neither i Jos. 1.7,8.
shall the sole of thy foot have rest: k 2Ch.23.16.
but the LORD shall give thee there
a trembling heart, and failing of
eyes, and sorrow of mind.

34.29-32.
Ne.8.2.

66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee: and thou shalt

3 The great temptations c which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:

1 Jos.9.21,27.

4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart d to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes e are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

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pass.
m Ne. 10.29.
n ch.28.9.

o Ex.6.7.

p Ge. 17.7.

13 That he may establish n thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he inay be unto thee a God, as he hath said o unto thee, 7 Ge.26.3,4. and as he hath sworn unto thyr Ge.28.13fathers, to Abraham, p to Isaac, q and to Jacob.r

15.

$ Acts 2.39.
2dungy gods
3 rosh, or, a
poisonful
herb.

t Acts 8.23.
u Heb. 12. 15.
4 or, stub-

16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their 2 idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them :)

bornness,
Jer.3.17.
7.24.
5 the drunk-
en to the
thirsty.
v Is.30.1.

Rom.2.5.
w Ps.74.1.

Ps.79.5.

18 Lest there should be among' you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these na- y ch.9.14. tions; lest there should be among Eze. 14.7,8. you a root that beareth 3 gallt andz Mat.24.51. wormwood; u 6 is written.

19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the 4 imagination of mine heart, to add 5 drunkenness v to thirst:

14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; 15 Buts with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:

21 And the LORD shall separate z him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant that 6 are written in this book of the law:

a

22 So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses 7 which the LORD hath laid upon it;

Jer. 17.6.
Zep.2.9.

20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the angerw of the LORD and his jealousy x shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall d 1Ki.9.8,9. lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out y his name from under 8 or, who heaven. had not given to them any portion. divided.

Jer.22.8,9.

b Ps. 107.34.
c Ge. 19.24.
Jer.20.16.

1 Great mercies promised unto the repentant. 15 Life and death are set before them.

ND it shall come to pass, when upon wherewith thee, the blessing and the curse, the LORD which I have set before thee, and hath made thou shalt call them to mind a it sick. among all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,

2 And shalt return b unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and c gather thee from all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

with Israel.

24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore d hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and 8 whom he had not 9 given unto them:

9

e Da. 9.11-14. f 1Ki. 14. 15. g Jer.23.18.

Da.2 22,28.
ICor.2. 16.
h Ps.78.2-7.

2Ti.3.16.
(CHAP. 30.)

23 And that the whole land there

of is brimstone, and salt, a and burn- a 1Ki.8.47,48.
ing, that it is not sown, nor bear-b Is.55.7.
eth,b nor any grass groweth therein, 1Jno. 1.9.
like the overthrow of Sodom, and c Je.32.37,&c
Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, Eze.36.24.
which the LORD overthrew c in his d Ne.1.9.
anger and in his wrath.

27 Ande the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

28 And the LORD rootedƒ them out of their land in anger and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

29 The secret g things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed h belong unto us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. CHAPTER XXX.

4 Ifd any of thine be driven out unto the utmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thec:

5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it: and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine ene

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