Israel · Blessings for obedience

Deuteronomy 28:1-14

Moses · ~1406 BC · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 65%
“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:”
King James Version · the opening — all 14 verses are below
More of Deuteronomy 28 on this siteDeuteronomy 28:15-68 · Deuteronomy 28:64

The covenant blessings promised for obedience — prosperity, victory, and preeminence among the nations.

Read the whole passage — all 14 verses (KJV)

28:1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

28:2And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

28:3Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

28:5Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

28:6Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

28:7The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

28:8The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

28:9The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

28:10And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

28:11And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

28:12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

28:13And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

28:14And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Fulfillment References

Deuteronomy 28:15-68 Leviticus 26:3-13 Joshua 21:43-45 1 Kings 4:20-25

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe fullness of covenant blessing comes in Christ (Eph. 1:3) — the one God blessing His obedient people.
JewishThe covenant blessings (berakhot) for faithfulness — the heart of the Deuteronomic covenant, realized in Israel's periods of obedience.
CatholicThe blessings of covenant faithfulness, fulfilled spiritually in the new covenant's blessings in Christ.
ProtestantThe conditional covenant blessings, historically experienced and pointing to the greater blessings in Christ (Eph. 1:3).
OrthodoxThe covenant blessings of obedience, fulfilled in the life of grace.
DispensationalThe literal national blessings for Israel's obedience, with future realization in the kingdom.
AcademicStandard ancient Near Eastern treaty blessings (paralleling Hittite and Assyrian treaties), framing the Deuteronomic covenant.
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