Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 28:2-6 
Context28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance 1 if you obey the Lord your God: 28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. 2 28:4 Your children 3 will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. 28:5 Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed. 28:6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. 4
1 tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”
2 tn Or “in the country” (so NAB, NIV, NLT). This expression also occurs in v. 15.
3 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).
4 sn Come in…go out. To “come in” and “go out” is a figure of speech (merism) indicating all of life and its activities.
