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Deuteronomy 28:21 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:21 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 21 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.”
Deuteronomy 28:21 (KJV)
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:21
The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land—The Hebrew yadvek Yahweh bekha et-hadaver (יַדְבֵּק יְהוָה בְּךָ אֶת־הַדָּבֶר, the LORD will cause pestilence to cling to you) uses the verb davak (cling/cleave), the same word describing covenant loyalty (Deuteronomy 10:20; 11:22; 13:4) and marital union (Genesis 2:24). Ironically, what should 'cling' to Israel is Yahweh Himself through covenant faithfulness; instead, dever (pestilence/plague) clings relentlessly. The term dever often represents epidemic disease, appearing frequently in judgment...
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Cross-References for Deuteronomy 28:21
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“that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; and you will be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.”
“the famine”
“neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword”
“and disinherit them”
“when they tell you”
“So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.”
“And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.”
“both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.”
“The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword.”
“Take your censer”