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Deuteronomy 27:26                              165                             Deuteronomy 28:31

               And all the people shall say: So be it.  26 Cursed be commandementes and his ordinances, which I
               he that confirmeth not all the wordes of this Law,  command thee this day, then al these curses shall
               to do them: And all the people shall say: So be it. come vpon thee, and ouertake thee.   16  Cursed
                                                                 shalt thou bee in the towne, and cursed also in
                                     28                          the fielde.  17 Cursed shall thy basket be, and thy
                  1  If thou shalt obey diligently the voyce of  dough.  18 Cursed shall be the fruite of thy body,
               the Lord thy God, and obserue and do all his      and the fruite of thy land, the increase of thy
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                                                                 kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe.
                                                                                                          Cursed
               commandements, which I commande thee this
               day, then the Lord thy God wil set thee on high   shalt thou be when thou commest in, and cursed
                                                                                             The Lord shall sende
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                                                                 also when thou goest out.
               aboue all the nations of the earth. And all these
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               blessings shall come on thee, and ouertake thee,  vpon thee cursing, trouble, and shame, in all
               if thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God.  that which thou settest thine hand to do, vntil
               3  Blessed shalt thou be in the citie, and blessed  thou be destroyed, and perish quickely, because
               also in the fielde. Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy  of the wickednesse of thy workes whereby thou
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               body, and ye fruite of thy ground, and the fruite  hast forsaken me.  21  The Lord shall make the
               of thy cattel, the increase of thy kine, and ye   pestilence cleaue vnto thee, vntill he hath con-
                                                                 sumed thee from the land, whither thou goest
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               flocks of thy sheepe. Blessed shalbe thy basket   to possesse it.  22  The Lord shall smite thee with
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               and thy dough. Blessed shalt thou be, whe thou    a consumption, and with the feuer, and with
               commest in, and blessed also when thou goest      a burning ague, and with feruent heate, and
               out.  7  The Lord shall cause thine enemies that
               rise against thee, to fall before thy face: they  with the sworde, and with blasting, and with the
               shall come out against thee one way, and shall    mildew, and they shall pursue thee vntill thou
               flee before thee leuen wayes.   8  The Lord shall  perish.  23  And thine heauen that is ouer thine
               command the blessing to be with thee in thy       head, shall be brasse, and the earth that is vnder
                                                                                The Lord shall giue thee for the
                                                                 thee, yron.
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               store houses, and in all that thou settest thine
               hande to, and wil blesse thee in the land which   rayne of thy land, dust and ashes: euen from
               the Lord thy God giueth thee.   9  The Lord shall  heauen shall it come downe vpon thee, vntil thou
               make thee an holy people vnto himself, as he      be destroyed.  25  And the Lord shall cause thee
               hath sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt keepe the    to fall before thine enemies: thou shalt come out
               commandements of the Lord thy God, and walke      one way against them, and shalt flee seuen wayes
               in his wayes.  10 Then all people of the earth shall  before them, and shalt be scattered through all
               see that the Name of the Lord is called vpon ouer  the kingdomes of the earth.  26  And thy carkeis
               thee, and they shalbe afrayde of thee.  11 And the  shall be meate vnto all foules of the ayre, and
               Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the   vnto the beasts of the earth, and none shall fray
               fruite of thy body, and in the fruite of thy cattell,  them away.  27 The Lord wil smite thee with the
               and in the fruite of thy grounde, in the land     botch of Egypt, and with the emeroids, and with
               which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers, to giue    the skab, and with the itche, that thou canst not
                                                                 be healed.
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                                                                               And ye Lord shall smite thee with
               thee.  12  The Lord shall open vnto thee his good  madnes, and with blindnes, and with astonying
               treasure, euen the heauen to giue rayne vnto thy  of heart.  29 Thou shalt also grope at noone daies,
               kind in due season, and to blesse all the worke
               of thine handes: and thou shalt lende vnto many   as the blinde gropeth in darknes, and shalt not
               nations, but shalt not borow thy selfe.  13 And the  prosper in thy wayes: thou shalt neuer but bee
               Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tayle,  oppressed with wrong and be powled euermore,
               and thou shalt be aboue onely, and shalt not bee  and no man shall succour thee.    30  Thou shalt
                                                                 betroth a wife, and another man shall lye with
               beneath, if thou obey the commandements of        her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not
               the Lord thy God, which I command thee this       dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and
               day, to keepe and to do them.  14 But thou shalt  shalt not eate the fruite.  31  Thine oxe shalbe
               not decline from any of the wordes, which I slayne before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eate
               command you this day, either to the right hand thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away
               or to the left, to goe after other gods to serue before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee:
               them.   15  But if thou wilt not obey the voyce thy sheepe shalbe giuen vnto thine enemies, and
               of the Lord thy God, to keepe and to do all his
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