Deuteronomy 11
11
Love and Serve the Lord
1 # See ch. 6:5 “You shall therefore love the Lord your God and #[Ezek. 44:16]; See Lev. 8:35keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. 2And consider today (since I am not speaking to #ch. 31:13 your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline#11:2 Or instruction of the Lord your God, #ch. 3:24; 5:24 his greatness, #See ch. 4:34his mighty hand and his outstretched arm, 3#ch. 6:22; 7:19his signs and his deeds that he did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land, 4and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and to their chariots, #Ex. 14:27, 28; 15:9, 10; Ps. 106:11how he made the water of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord has destroyed them to this day, 5and #See Ps. 78:14-40what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place, 6and #Num. 16:1, 31; 27:3; Ps. 106:17what he did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel. 7For your eyes have seen #Judg. 2:7all the great work of the Lord that he did.
8“You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may #ch. 31:6, 7; Josh. 1:6, 7, 9, 18be strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess, 9and #See ch. 4:40 that you may live long in the land #See Gen. 50:24 that the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, #Ex. 3:8a land flowing with milk and honey. 10For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it,#11:10 Hebrew watered it with your feet like a garden of vegetables. 11#ch. 8:7But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven, 12a land that the Lord your God cares for. #[1 Kgs. 9:3; Jer. 24:6]The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
13“And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, #See ch. 6:5to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14#ch. 28:12; Lev. 26:4 he#11:14 Samaritan, Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew I; also verse 15 will give the rain for your land in its season, #[Job 29:23; Jer. 5:24; Hos. 6:3; Joel 2:23; James 5:7]the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil. 15#Ps. 104:14 And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and #ch. 6:11; [Joel 2:19]you shall eat and be full. 16Take care #[Job 31:27] lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and #ver. 28; See ch. 6:14serve other gods and worship them; 17then #ch. 6:15 the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and he #1 Kgs. 8:35; 2 Chr. 6:26; 7:13; [ch. 28:23, 24; Lev. 26:19, 20; Amos 4:7; Zech. 14:17; Rev. 11:6] will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and #ch. 4:26; 30:18; Josh. 23:15, 16you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.
18 # See ch. 6:6 “You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and #See ch. 6:8you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 19You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 20#ch. 6:9You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21#See ch. 4:40 that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, #Ps. 89:29as long as the heavens are above the earth. 22For if #ch. 6:17 you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and #See ch. 10:20holding fast to him, 23then the Lord #See ch. 4:38 will drive out all these nations before you, and you will #ch. 9:1dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. 24#Josh. 1:3; [Josh. 14:9] Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours. Your territory shall be #See Ex. 23:31from the wilderness to#11:24 Hebrew and the Lebanon and from the River, the river Euphrates, to the western sea. 25#See ch. 7:24 No one shall be able to stand against you. The Lord your God will lay #ch. 2:25 the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread, #Ex. 23:27as he promised you.
26 # ch. 30:1, 15, 19 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27#See ch. 28:2-14the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, 28and #See ch. 28:15-45 the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, #See ch. 6:14to go after other gods that you have not known. 29And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, you shall set #ch. 27:12, 13; Josh. 8:33the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, toward the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the #See ch. 1:1 Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside #Judg. 7:1the oak#11:30 Septuagint, Syriac; see Genesis 12:6. Hebrew oaks, or terebinths of Moreh? 31For you are #ch. 9:1; 12:10; Josh. 1:11to cross over the Jordan to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And when you possess it and live in it, 32you shall be careful #ch. 5:32; 12:32to do all the statutes and the rules that I am setting before you today.
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Deuteronomy 11
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1Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his instructions, his statutes, his ordinances, and his commandments, always. 2Know this day—for I don’t speak with your children who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Yahweh your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm, 3his signs, and his works, which he did in the middle of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land; 4and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they pursued you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them to this day; 5and what he did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place; 6and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben—how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the middle of all Israel; 7but your eyes have seen all of Yahweh’s great work which he did.
8Therefore you shall keep the entire commandment which I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land that you go over to possess; 9and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10For the land, where you go in to possess isn’t like the land of Egypt that you came out of, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs; 11but the land that you go over to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water from the rain of the sky, 12a land which Yahweh your God cares for. Yahweh your God’s eyes are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year. 13It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. 15I will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full. 16Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them; 17and Yahweh’s anger be kindled against you, and he shut up the sky so that there is no rain, and the land doesn’t yield its fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which Yahweh gives you. 18Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. 19You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 20You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates; 21that your days and your children’s days may be multiplied in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. 22For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you—to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him— 23then Yahweh will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves. 24Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border. 25No man will be able to stand before you. Yahweh your God will lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you tread on, as he has spoken to you. 26Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you today; 28and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. 29It shall happen, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land that you go to possess, that you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30Aren’t they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah near Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? 31For you are to pass over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall possess it and dwell in it. 32You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you today.
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