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(28.14)
“Thou shalt not … go after other gods.”
9 How many gods are there?

(28.15-68) If you don’t obey all of the laws in the Old Testament, God shower you with the curses that are listed in the next 52 verses.

15 But it shall come to pass,
if thou wilt not
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to
do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day
; that
all these curses shall come upon thee
, and overtake thee:

(28.15)
“If thou wilt not … do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day … all these curses shall come upon thee.”

16
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

(28.16)
“Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.”

17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

18
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body
, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

(28.18)
“Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body.”
41 Are we punished for the sins of others?

19
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

(28.19)
“Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.”

20
The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly
; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

(28.20)
“The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly.”

21
The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee
from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

(28.21)
“The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee.”

22
The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

(28.22)
“The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.”

23
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

(28.23)
“And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.”

24
The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

(28.24)
“The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.”

25
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies
: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

(28.25)
“The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies.”

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