Deuteronomy 11:2-32 ▼

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.

20 Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,

21 so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your⁺ days and those of your⁺ children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD {YHWH} swore to give your⁺ fathers.

22 For if you⁺ carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you⁺ to follow—to love the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem}, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

23 then the LORD {YHWH} will drive out all these nations before you⁺, and you⁺ will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you⁺.

24 Every place where the sole of your⁺ foot treads will be yours⁺. Your⁺ territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon (whiteness), and from the Euphrates (fruitfulness) River to the Western Sea (the Mediterranean Sea).

25 No man will be able to stand against you⁺; the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} will put the fear and dread of you⁺ upon all the land, wherever you⁺ set foot, as He has promised you⁺.

26 See, today I am setting before you⁺ a blessing and a curse—

27 a blessing if you⁺ obey the commandments of the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} that I am giving you⁺ today,

28 but a curse if you⁺ disobey the commandments of the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} and turn aside from the path I command you⁺ today by following other gods, which you⁺ have not known.

29 When the LORD your God {YHWH Eloheka} brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim (cuttings off) and the curse on Mount Ebal (stone).

30 Are not these mountains across the Jordan (flowing down), west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites (merchants) who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal (a wheel) near the Oak [Oaks] of Moreh (teacher)?

31 For you⁺ are about to cross the Jordan (flowing down) to enter and possess the land that the LORD your⁺ God {YHWH Eloheikem} is giving you⁺. When you⁺ take possession of it and settle in it,

32 be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you⁺ today.