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that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
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A Conditional Blessing
Commentators emphasize that the promise of long life in the land for Israel and their children was not automatic. It was conditional upon their faithful obedience to God's commands. If they kept the covenant, their days would be multiplied 'as the days of the heavens above the earth,' signifying a blessing intended to be as permanent as the world itself.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The sense is: “Keep the covenant faithfully, and so shall your own and your children’s days be multiplied as long as the heaven covers the earth.” …
19th Century
Anglican
In the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them. — "It is not written here ‘to give you,’ but …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That your days may be multiplied Long life being a very desirable blessing, and which is promised to those that obey…
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