Deuteronomy 28:12

The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the assembled Israelites on the plains of Moab, in the blessing half of the covenant (Deut 28:1–14), immediately after the promise of agricultural and familial abundance in v. 11.

The words — אוֹצָר (ʾoṣar) means "storehouse" or "treasury," the same word used for the temple treasury (1 Kings 7:51); paired with הַטּוֹב (haṭṭôb, "the good"), it pictures God's provision as a sealed reserve he deliberately opens.

The thread — The lending/borrowing clause is nearly verbatim in Deuteronomy 15:6; the rain-in-season language recurs in Deuteronomy 11:14 and Joel 2:23.

Why it lands — The verse sits inside an explicit "if you obey" frame (Deut 28:1, 13), so it presents economic security as a covenant consequence, not an independent right.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

The 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.

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 15:6 When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
Joel 2:23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
Deuteronomy 11:14 then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
Leviticus 26:4 I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
Deuteronomy 15:10 Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
Deuteronomy 14:29 Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
Proverbs 22:7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Psalms 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Psalms 65:9 You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:44 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.