Ulangan 26:14

26:14 I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; ¹  I have obeyed you ²  and have done everything you have commanded me.

Ulangan 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ³  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ⁴  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Ulangan 28:15

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore ⁵  the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: ⁶ 

Ulangan 30:10

30:10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him ⁷  with your whole mind and being.

[26:14]  ¹ sn These practices suggest overtones of pagan ritual, all of which the confessor denies having undertaken. In Canaan they were connected with fertility practices associated with harvest time. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 335-36.

[26:14]  ² tn Heb “the Lord my God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

[28:1]  ³ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

[28:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

[28:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

[28:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”

[30:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.