Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 28:6
You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Israel on the plains of Moab as they prepare to enter the Promised Land, positioning this declaration between the blessing of household provisions and the promise of military victory.
The words — בָּר֥וּךְ (ba.Rukh) denotes a state of being blessed, while בְּ/בֹאֶ֑/ךָ and בְּ/צֵאתֶֽ/ךָ literally frame the subject's arrival and departure.
The thread — The motif of divine oversight during daily movement appears in Psalms 121:8, while Numbers 27:17 and 2 Chronicles 1:10 apply the same phrasing to leadership transitions.
Why it lands — The text declares that covenant obedience sanctifies ordinary transitions, requiring the reader to acknowledge divine provision in routine actions rather than attributing outcomes to personal strategy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Cross-references
- Psalms 121:8 The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
- Numbers 27:17 who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
- 2 Chronicles 1:10 Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- 2 Samuel 3:25 Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”
- Deuteronomy 31:2 he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’