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It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse , which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations , where Yahweh your God has driven you,
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and shall return to Yahweh your God , and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day , you and your children , with all your heart, and with all your soul ;
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that then Yahweh your God will turn your captivity , and have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples, where Yahweh your God has scattered you.
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If [any of] your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens , from there will Yahweh your God gather you, and from there he will bring you back:
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and Yahweh your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers .
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Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed , to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul , that you may live.
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Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies , and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
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You shall return and obey the voice of Yahweh , and do all his commandments which I command you this day .
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Yahweh your God will make you plenteous in all the work of your hand , in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground , for good : for Yahweh will again rejoice over you for good , as he rejoiced over your fathers ;
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if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God , to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law ; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul .
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For this commandment which I command you this day , it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
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It is not in heaven , that you should say , "Who shall go up for us to heaven , and bring it to us , and make us to hear it, that we may do it?"
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Neither is it beyond the sea , that you should say , "Who shall go over the sea for us , and bring it to us , and make us to hear it, that we may do it?"
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But the word is very near to you, in your mouth , and in your heart, that you may do it.
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Behold, I have set before you this day life and good , and death and evil ;
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in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God , to walk in his ways , and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances , that you may live and multiply , and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
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But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear , but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods , and serve them;
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I denounce to you this day , that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land, where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
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I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day , that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse : therefore choose life , that you may live, you and your seed ;
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to love Yahweh your God , to obey his voice , and to cling to him; for he is your life , and the length of your days ; that you may dwell in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers , to Abraham , to Isaac , and to Jacob , to give them.