Deuteronomy Blessings and Curses Quiz Flashcards

#1

In Deuteronomy 28, what is the specific condition Moses establishes before the blessings are promised to Israel?

📖 Deuteronomy 28:1

#2

According to Deuteronomy 27:12-13, which two mountains were designated for the pronouncement of blessings and curses?

📖 Deuteronomy 27:12-13

#3

In Deuteronomy 28:15-68, what overarching consequence does Moses warn will follow if Israel does not obey the Lord?

📖 Deuteronomy 28:15

#4

Which of the following blessings is NOT mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:3-6?

📖 Deuteronomy 28:3-6

#5

In Deuteronomy 27:15-26, the curses pronounced against specific violations follow a particular pattern. What phrase consistently introduces each curse?

📖 Deuteronomy 27:15-26

#6

According to Deuteronomy 28:47-48, what specific reason does Moses give for why curses will come upon Israel?

📖 Deuteronomy 28:47-48

#7

In Deuteronomy 28:58-61, what is the significant consequence mentioned regarding diseases and plagues if Israel turns away?

📖 Deuteronomy 28:58-61

#8

What unique structural pattern distinguishes Deuteronomy 28:3-6 (blessings) from Deuteronomy 28:16-19 (curses)?

📖 Deuteronomy 28:3-6; 28:16-19

#2

Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal

Deuteronomy 27:12-13 specifies that the Levites and certain tribes would stand on Mount Gerizim to pronounce blessings and Mount Ebal to pronounce curses after crossing into Canaan.

Deuteronomy 27:12-13

#1

If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all His commands

Deuteronomy 28:1 establishes that blessings depend on fully obeying the Lord and carefully following all His commands, not merely internal disposition or select commandments.

Deuteronomy 28:1

#4

Your offspring being numerous as the stars of heaven

Deuteronomy 28:3-6 lists specific material blessings but does not mention offspring being numerous as stars; that promise appears elsewhere in Scripture (Genesis 15:5, 22:17).

Deuteronomy 28:3-6

#3

All these curses will come upon them and overtake them

Deuteronomy 28:15 introduces the curse section with the statement that all curses will come upon Israel and overtake them if they do not obey, introducing the extensive list of specific curses that follows.

Deuteronomy 28:15

#6

Because they did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity

Deuteronomy 28:47-48 specifically states that curses will come because Israel did not serve the Lord joyfully and gladly during their prosperity, revealing that the issue is not merely external obedience but grateful, joyful service.

Deuteronomy 28:47-48

#5

"Cursed be the one who..."

Deuteronomy 27:15-26 presents a series of twelve curses, each introduced with the formula 'Cursed be the one who...' or 'Cursed is the one who...', making this a distinctive liturgical pattern.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

#8

Both begin with identical topic areas but with opposite outcomes (blessed vs. cursed)

Deuteronomy 28:3-6 and 28:16-19 use parallel structure, moving through the same domains (basket, kneading trough, offspring, city, country, coming in, going out) but applying opposite fates—blessed or cursed—demonstrating the symmetry of covenant choice.

Deuteronomy 28:3-6; 28:16-19

#7

Every disease mentioned in the Book of the Law will come upon them

Deuteronomy 28:61 states that the Lord will bring upon them every kind of sickness and plague written in the Book of the Law, emphasizing the comprehensive nature of covenant curses for disobedience.

Deuteronomy 28:58-61

#9

According to Deuteronomy 27:26, which curse concludes the list of twelve curses pronounced against specific violations?

📖 Deuteronomy 27:26

#10

In Deuteronomy 28:63-64, what consequence does Moses specifically warn will happen to Israel's population and land if they turn from the Lord?

📖 Deuteronomy 28:63-64

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#10

The Lord will take pleasure in ruining them, and they will be uprooted from the land and scattered among other nations

Deuteronomy 28:63-64 describes how God will take pleasure in destroying Israel (contrast to His pleasure in blessing them), and they will be uprooted from the land and scattered among nations—a prophecy of exile.

Deuteronomy 28:63-64

#9

Cursed is the one who does not uphold the words of this law by carrying them out

Deuteronomy 27:26 presents a comprehensive, summary curse that encompasses all the specific violations listed before it—whoever does not uphold all the words of the law is cursed, making it the climactic curse.

Deuteronomy 27:26

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