Deuteronomy 28:1-2

Blessings at Gerizim

1 "¹Now it shall be, if you diligently obey * the LORD your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the LORD your God ²will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

2 "All these blessings will come upon you and ³overtake you if you obey * the LORD your God:

Deuteronomy 28:1-2 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 28

In this chapter Moses enlarges on the blessings and the curses which belong, the one to the doers, the other to the transgressors of the law; the blessings, De 28:1-14; the curses, some of which concern individual persons, others the whole nation and body of people, and that both under the former and present dispensations, and which had their fulfilment in their former captivities, and more especially in their present dispersion, De 28:15-68.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 15:26; Exodus 23:22-27; Leviticus 26:3-13; Deuteronomy 7:12-26; Deuteronomy 11:13
• 2. Deuteronomy 28:13; Deuteronomy 26:19; 1 Chronicles 14:2
• 3. Zechariah 1:6

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "listen to the voice of"
• [b]. Lit "listen to the voice of"