Ulangan 3:23

Denial to Moses of the Promised Land

3:23 Moreover, at that time I pleaded with the Lord,

Ulangan 11:26

Anticipation of a Blessing and Cursing Ceremony

11:26 Take note – I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: ¹ 

Ulangan 32:3

32:3 For I will proclaim the name ²  of the Lord;

you must acknowledge the greatness of our God.

[11:26]  ¹ 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.

[32:3]  ² tc Smr and Tg read “in the name.”