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Deuteronomy 7:13

He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses conveys God's covenant promises to the Israelites assembled on the plains of Moab, immediately before they enter the territory God swore to their ancestors. The declaration follows the conditional framework of Deuteronomy 7:12 and precedes the assurance of universal blessing in Deuteronomy 7:14.

The words — The Hebrew term אֲהֵ֣בְ/ךָ (’a.he.ve./kha) translates literally as "and He will love you," placing divine affection as the operative cause of the covenant. The verb וְ/הִרְבֶּ֑/ךָ (ve./hir.Be./kha) means "and He will increase you," directly promising demographic expansion alongside agricultural and livestock fertility.

The thread — The linkage of obedience to tangible blessing reappears in Deuteronomy 28:3, which pairs urban and rural prosperity with covenant keeping. The reciprocal pattern of love and commandment observance resurfaces in John 14:21 and John 15:10, where keeping Jesus' commands results in abiding in divine love.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to accept that material and familial increase are explicit outcomes of covenant compliance rather than incidental blessings. It demands a practical alignment of daily obedience with the expectation of God's sustained provision in the promised land.

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The Hebrew words

וַאֲהֵ֣בְךָ֔va./'a.He.ve./khaand/ he will love/ youוּבֵרַכְךָ֖u./ve.rakh./Khaand/ he will bless/ youוְהִרְבֶּ֑ךָve./hir.Be./khaand/ he will increase/ youוּבֵרַ֣ךְu./ve.Rakhand/ he will blessפְּרִֽי־pe.ri-[the] fruit ofבִטְנְךָ֣vit.ne./Khawomb/ yourוּפְרִֽי־u./fe.ri-and/ [the] fruit ofאַ֠דְמָתֶךָ'Ad.ma.te./khaground/ yourדְּגָ֨נְךָ֜de.Ga.ne./khagrain/ yourוְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ve./ti.ro.she./Khaand/ new wine/ yourוְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָve./yitz.ha.Re./khaand/ fresh oil/ yourשְׁגַר־she.gar-[the] young ofאֲלָפֶ֙יךָ֙'a.la.Fei./khacattle<s>/ yourוְעַשְׁתְּרֹ֣תve./'ash.te.Rotand/ [the] young ones ofצֹאנֶ֔ךָtzo.Ne./khaflock/ yourעַ֚ל'alonהָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha./'a.da.Mahthe/ landאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichנִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'he sworeלַאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָla./'a.vo.Tei./khato/ ancestors/ yourלָ֥תֶתLa./tetto/ giveלָֽךְ׃La/khto <the>/ you

King James Version

And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

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