Deuteronomy 11:1-19 ▼

1 You shall therefore love the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka} and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

2 Know this day that it is not your⁺ children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;

3 the signs and works He did in Egypt (land of bondage) to Pharaoh (great house) king of Egypt and all his land;

4 what He did to the Egyptian (land of bondage) army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea (the Sea of Reeds) engulf them as they pursued you⁺, and how He {YHWH} destroyed them completely, even to this day;

5 what He did for you⁺ in the wilderness until you⁺ reached this place;

6 and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites (God prevails) to Dathan (belonging to a fountain) and Abiram (my father is exalted), the sons of Eliab (God is father) the Reubenite (behold a son), when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

7 For it is your⁺ own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD {YHWH} has done.

8 You⁺ shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you⁺ may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you⁺ are crossing the Jordan to possess,

9 and so that you⁺ may live long in the land that the LORD {YHWH} swore to your⁺ fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10 For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt (land of bondage), from which you⁺ have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.

11 But the land that you⁺ are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.

12 It is a land for which the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka} cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.

13 So if you⁺ carefully obey the commandments I am giving you⁺ today, to love the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} and to serve Him with all your⁺ heart and with all your⁺ soul,

14 then I will provide [He will provide] rain for your⁺ land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.

15 And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.

16 But be careful that you⁺ are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,

17 or the anger of the LORD {YHWH} will be kindled against you⁺. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you⁺ will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you⁺.

18 Fix these words of mine in your⁺ hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your⁺ hands and bind them on your⁺ foreheads.

19 Teach them to your⁺ children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.