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It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, who Yahweh your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:
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and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
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Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.
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Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your animals, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.
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Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.
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Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
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Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you: they shall come out against you one way, and shall flee before you seven ways.
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Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
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Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.
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All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Yahweh; and they shall be afraid of you.
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Yahweh will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.
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Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
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Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do [them],
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and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
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Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.
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Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.
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Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.
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Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
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Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, whereby you have forsaken me.
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Yahweh will make the pestilence cleave to you, until he have consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.
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Yahweh will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.
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Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
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Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
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Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
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Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.
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Yahweh will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof you can not be healed.
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Yahweh will strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;
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and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.
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You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.