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13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.
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The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.
14 So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.
15 "But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
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However, if you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
16 Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country.
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You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17 Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
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Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
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The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
19 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
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You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
20 "The Lord will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.
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The LORD will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.
21 The Lord will make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess.
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The LORD will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.
22 The Lord will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with severe burning fever, with the sword, with scorching, and with mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish.
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The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish.
23 And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron.
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The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.
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