His curse if Israel disobeys (3, 4a). God says “cursed is the man who does not heed” the Mosaic Covenant given when Israel came out of Egypt. God’s Word as in Lev. 26 and Deut. 27–28 is in view. His call for Israel to obey (4, 5). The positive side is to “Listen to My voice, and do according to all which I command.…” God had made known in Deuteronomy the curses for disobeying and the blessings in obeying (27:26). Advantages in obeying were in the hearers living as God’s people, knowing Him as their
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