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Primary Verses — Full Chapter Context

Deuteronomy 27 (Full Chapter — Covenant Ceremony and Twelve Curses)

27:1 And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. 27:2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister: 27:3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. 27:4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, [that] ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. 27:5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] iron [tool] upon them. 27:6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God: 27:7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God. 27:8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. 27:9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. 27:10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 27:11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 27:12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 27:13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 27:14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 27:15 Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 27:16 Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:17 Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:18 Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:19 Cursed [be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:20 Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:21 Cursed [be] he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:22 Cursed [be] he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:23 Cursed [be] he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:24 Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:25 Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 27:26 Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not [all] the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 28 (Full Chapter — All 68 Verses — Blessings and Curses)

28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 28:2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 28:3 Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field. 28:4 Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 28:5 Blessed [shall be] thy basket and thy store. 28:6 Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out. 28:7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. 28:8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 28:9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. 28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. 28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them]: 28:14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 28:16-19 Cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the field. Cursed [shall be] thy basket and thy store. Cursed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land... Cursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out. 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. 28:21-24 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee... smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever... thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that [is] under thee [shall be] iron. The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust. 28:25-26 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air. 28:27-29 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt... madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart. And thou shalt grope at noonday. 28:30-35 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her... thy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another people... thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. 28:36-37 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king... unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword. 28:38-44 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather [but] little in... All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. The stranger... shall get up above thee very high. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 28:45-48 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God... Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness... Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies... in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness. 28:49-57 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far... a nation of fierce countenance... he shall besiege thee in all thy gates... And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters. 28:58-63 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law... Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful... ye shall be left few in number... the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you. 28:64-68 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other... And among these nations shalt thou find no ease... And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee... And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships... and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you].

Deuteronomy 29 (Full Chapter — Covenant Ratification in Moab)

29:1 These [are] the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 29:2-3 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt... The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: 29:4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 29:5-8 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness... And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them. 29:9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. 29:10-11 Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel, Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that [is] in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: 29:12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath [alah, H423], which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: 29:13 That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and [that] he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 29:14-15 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with [him] that [is] not here with us this day: 29:16-17 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which [were] among them:) 29:18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 29:19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse [alah, H423], that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 29:20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses [alah, H423] that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. 29:21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses [alah, H423] of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: 29:22-23 So that the generation to come... shall say, when they see the plagues of that land... the whole land thereof [is] brimstone, and salt, [and] burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah. 29:24-28 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land?... Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers... For they went and served other gods... And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land. 29:29 The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 30 (Full Chapter — Restoration Promise and "Choose Life")

30:1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call [them] to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, 30:2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; 30:3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. 30:4 If [any] of thine be driven out unto the outmost [parts] of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: 30:5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 30:6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 30:7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. 30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. 30:9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, [and] if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. 30:11-14 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it [is] not hidden from thee, neither [is] it far off. It [is] not in heaven... Neither [is] it beyond the sea... But the word [is] very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; 30:16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. 30:17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; 30:18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, [and that] ye shall not prolong [your] days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 30:20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Deuteronomy 21:18-23 (The Hanging Curse)

21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: 21:19-21 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders... And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance.

Leviticus 26 (Full Chapter — Parallel Blessing-Curse Structure)

26:1-2 Ye shall make you no idols... Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I [am] the LORD. 26:3-13 [BLESSINGS FOR OBEDIENCE] If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season... I will give peace in the land... ye shall chase your enemies... I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you... I will set my tabernacle among you... I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. 26:14-15 [CURSES BEGIN] But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break my covenant: 26:16-17 [First wave] I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague... I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies. 26:18-20 [Second wave — "seven times more"] And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass. 26:21-22 [Third wave — "seven times more"] And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you... I will also send wild beasts among you. 26:23-26 [Fourth wave — "seven times"] And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things... Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of [my] covenant. 26:27-39 [Fifth wave — "seven times" — escalating to exile] And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me... I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins... ye shall eat the flesh of your sons... I will scatter you among the heathen... your land shall be desolate... ye shall perish among the heathen. 26:40-42 [RESTORATION CONDITION] If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; And [that] I also have walked contrary unto them... if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. 26:43-45 [GOD'S FAITHFULNESS] ...when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I [am] the LORD their God. But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors. 26:46 These [are] the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

Galatians 3 (Full Chapter — Paul's Deuteronomic Curse Argument)

3:1-5 O foolish Galatians... Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3:6-9 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness... the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that hangeth on a tree: 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 3:15-18 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though [it be] but a man's covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto... the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul. 3:19-22 Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions... But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 3:23-29 Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed... the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ... For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus... And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

New Covenant Promise Passages

Jeremiah 31:31-34

31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day [that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: 31:33 But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Ezekiel 36:24-32

36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do [them]. 36:28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Jeremiah 32:38-42

32:38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

Hebrews 8:8-13

8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers... because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 8:11-12 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 8:13 In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old.

Hebrews 10:15-17

10:15 [Whereof] the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 10:16 This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

Heart Circumcision Passages

Deuteronomy 10:12-16 (Imperative Form — Israel Must Circumcise)

10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, 10:13-15 To keep the commandments of the LORD... Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens [is] the LORD'S thy God... Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them. 10:16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

Romans 2:28-29

2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 2:29 But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.

Colossians 2:11-13

2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

Additional Context Passages

Deuteronomy 5:29

5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 4:30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, [even] in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; 4:31 (For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

Romans 6:3-6 (Verification: Does Rom 6 use Deuteronomic curse vocabulary?)

6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection: 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

Note: Rom 6:3-6 vocabulary check — contains: baptizo (G907), thanatos (G2288), synthaptō (G4916), egeiro (G1453), peripateo (G4043), systauroō (G4957). No Deuteronomic covenant-curse vocabulary (katara, epikataratos, exagorazo, arar) appears in this passage. Any connection between baptism and the covenant-curse framework is typological inference, not direct textual linkage.