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But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments;
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The Chapter's Turning Point
Commentators unanimously identify this verse as the crucial pivot from the blessings of obedience to the severe consequences of disobedience. It marks the beginning of what one scholar calls a "catalogue of calamities," shifting the tone from promise to warning and highlighting the clear choice God set before Israel.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As “the book of the covenant” (Exodus 20:22–33) concludes with promises and warnings (Exodus 23:20–33), so does this collec…
19th Century
Anglican
But if ye will not hearken unto me. —The glowing promises of blessings for obedience are now followed by a catalogue of c…
16th Century
Protestant
But if you will not listen to me. So far, a kind invitation has been set before the people in the form of promises, so that observing the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But if you will not hearken unto me To his commandments, as the rule of their duty, and to his promises, as an encou…
After God has set the blessing before them that would make them a happy people if they were obedient, He here sets the curse before them—the evils …
