Deuteronomy 11:1-9 ▼

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.