The blessings of obedience: fertility, freedom from wild beasts, victory over enemies, and the presence of Yahweh Himself in the midst. For the first reward, cf. Amos 9:13; for the thought in general, Deuteronomy 28:1; Ezekiel 34:25; and for Leviticus 26:11 f. the expansion in Ezekiel 40-48. No distinction is made here or in many other passages between temporal and spiritual blessings; each is appropriate, and the future happiness naturally suggests to a Jew, perhaps actually in exile, the memory of the Exodus.

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