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The Lord will make you like the head and not like the tail; you will be on top and not on bottom. But you must obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, being careful to keep them.
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Do not disobey anything I command you today. Do exactly as I command, and do not follow other gods or serve them.
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But if you do not obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands and laws I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and stay:
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You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
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Your basket and your kitchen will be cursed.
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Your children will be cursed, as well as your crops; the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks will be cursed.
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You will be cursed when you go in and when you go out.
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The Lord will send you curses, confusion, and punishment in everything you do. You will be destroyed and suddenly ruined because you did wrong when you left him.
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The Lord will give you terrible diseases and destroy you from the land you are going to take.
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The Lord will punish you with disease, fever, swelling, heat, lack of rain, plant diseases, and mildew until you die.
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The sky above will be like bronze, and the ground below will be like iron.