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Deuteronomy 11:26-28
New English Translation

Anticipation of a Blessing and Cursing Ceremony

26 Take note—I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:[a] 27 the blessing if you take to heart[b] the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, 28 and the curse if you pay no attention[c] to his[d] commandments and turn from the way I am setting before[e] you today to pursue[f] other gods you have not known.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:26 sn A blessing and a curse. Every extant treaty text of the late Bronze Age attests to a section known as the “blessings and curses,” the former for covenant loyalty and the latter for covenant breach. Blessings were promised rewards for obedience; curses were threatened judgments for disobedience. In the Book of Deuteronomy these are fully developed in 27:1-28:68. Here Moses adumbrates the whole by way of anticipation.
  2. Deuteronomy 11:27 tn Heb “listen to,” that is, obey.
  3. Deuteronomy 11:28 tn Heb “do not listen to,” that is, do not obey.
  4. Deuteronomy 11:28 tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
  5. Deuteronomy 11:28 tn Heb “am commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).
  6. Deuteronomy 11:28 tn Heb “walk after”; NIV “by following”; NLT “by worshiping.” This is a violation of the first commandment, the most serious of the covenant violations (Deut 5:6-7).
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