Yeah, I would just jump in here and say, I think that what we're about to read basically

is an exposition of the blessing of Abraham, land, seed, and blessing.

And all of this is going to pertain to blessing.

And it's almost like what Moses is saying is something along the lines of, if you'll keep

this covenant, it'll be like you live in the

Garden of Eden.

You know, I think, you know, you might be struggling through this, but I think some people

are finally going to be glad they can tell you guys apart.

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My name is Alex Dukin. With me are my two friends. Sam Lottie? Jim Hamilton.

Now, Jim, have you been, did you take up smoking?

No. Something's in my throat. I don't know what's going on. Well, we'll, you know, we'll try to

take care of that. So, guys, last week, we covered nine chapters of Deuteronomy, 18 through 26. And

it seems like we're near in the final stretch here. And today we're going to cover four chapters,

Deuteronomy 27 through 30. So Sam, I'm just going to get right to it. So why don't you just, as you often do at the

beginning of episodes, tell us where we've been, where we are now, and kind of where we're going.

Yeah, so I want to recall what we said at the beginning of Deuteronomy about the overall structure

of the book. It's a chiasm. And the center section of Deuteronomy is 12 through 26, those covenant stipulations. Now we're moving into a new section,

the covenant ceremony. Israel is about to, now that they've heard the covenant stipulations,

now that they know what God requires of them, they're going to formally commit again to the

covenant and formally commit to the blessings and the curses that come with obeying or

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