Endnote 6 – Continuity & Change in Israel’s Convenant with God

For example, “The words of the treaty and the oath that are inscribed on this tablet—should Duppi-Tessub not honor these words of the treaty and the oath, may these gods of the oath destroy Duppi-Tessub, together withhis person, his wife, his son, his grandson, his house, his land and together with everything that he owns

“But if Duppi-Tessub honors these words of the treaty and the oath that are inscribed on this tablet— may these gods of the oath protect him together with his person, his wife, his son, his grandson, his house (and) his country.” Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Texts, p. 205. Sometimes extended lists of curses and blessings are included in the treaty; cf. Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Texts, p. 206.