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Exodus 23:25–26

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23:25You must serve56 the Lord your God, and he57 will bless your bread and your water,58 and I will remove sickness from your midst. 23:26No woman will miscarry her young59 or be barren in your land. I will fulfill60 the number of your days.

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  1. 56 The perfect tense, masculine plural, with vav (ו) consecutive is in sequence with the preceding: do not bow down to them, but serve Yahweh. It is then the equivalent of an imperfect of instruction or injunction.
  2. 57 The reads “and I will bless” to make the verb conform with the speaker, Yahweh.
  3. 58 On this unusual clause B. Jacob says that it is the reversal of the curse in Genesis, because the “bread and water” represent the field work and ground suitability for abundant blessing of provisions (Exodus, ).
  4. 59 Or “abort”; Heb “cast.”
  5. 60 No one will die prematurely; this applies to the individual or the nation. The plan of God to bless was extensive, if only the people would obey.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. None shall miscarry or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water. I will remove illnesses from you. No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must serve only the Lord your God. If you do, I will bless you with food and water, and I will protect you from illness. There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you will serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from among you. There will be no one suffering miscarriage or infertile in your land. I will make full the number of your days.

KJV 1900King James Version

And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.