Are the Blessings truly missing in Deuteronomy? – Ross Nichols
The Bible tells of a ceremony that is to be completed once the children of Israel cross into the Promised Land. The Book of Deuteronomy describes the ceremony as a reciting of Blessings and Curses to be spoken from Mounts Gerizim and Ebal. The details of the ceremony are given in Deuteronomy 11, 27, and Joshua 8, but we have a problem. While Deuteronomy 27 gives us the Curses, it leaves out the Blessings. A Truth2U listener sent a question about this claim which was made in an earlier episode, and so this podcast is an answer to Joseph’s question. Are the Blessings truly missing in Deuteronomy 27, and what is contained in chapter 28, if not the Blessings?
Definitely a scribal error?
” I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God’s blessing and God’s curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life.” (Deuteronomy 30:19)
Thanks for highlighting this verse, Tony. Interestingly, Deut 30:19 is not derived from the Moses Scroll but Deut 11:26-28 is. The Moses Scroll states the following: “See, I am putting before you today a blessing and a curse. The blessing if you will listen to the commandments and statutes, and a curse if you will not listen but turn from the way which I am commanding you today.” Yet the “blessed be” blessings are missing from Deuteronomy.