this point the apostle quotes from Deuteronomy 27:26: ‘Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things Written in the book of the law, to perform them.’ This verse concludes a series of curses pronounced at Mt. Ebal. These curses relate to some of the major prescriptions and applications of the Ten Commandments. Verse 26 is a summary statement of the covenant curses. The purpose of the curses was to remind the people that they were unable to keep the law of God in a way that would make them acceptable
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