Deuteronomy 11

1 You shall therefore love the LORD your God 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: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;

3 the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land;

4 what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He 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 to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, 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 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 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, 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 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 and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,

14 then I 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 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 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, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—

23 then the LORD 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, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

25 No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God 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 that I am giving you today,

28 but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God 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 brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

30 Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

31 For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God 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.

1 ¶ Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.

2 And know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and [how] the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;

5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that [was] in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.

8 ¶ Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;

9 And that ye may prolong [your] days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, [is] a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinketh water of the rain of heaven:

12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God [are] always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

14 That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

17 And [then] the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and [lest] ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

18 ¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: [for] the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

26 ¶ Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:

28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

30 [Are] they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

1 Thou shalt therefore love the LORD thy God, and keep his law, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, all the days of thy life.

2 And know ye this day, which your children know not, neither have seen; the chastening of the LORD your God, his glory, and his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm.

3 And his signs and his works, which he did among the Egyptians, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to all his land;

4 And what he did in the power of the Egyptians, in their horses, and in their chariots, when he brought upon them the waters of the Red sea, when they pursued after you, and the LORD destroyed them, unto this day;

5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

6 As he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the son of Reuben, when the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their household, and their tents, and all their substance that they had gotten in the midst of all Israel.

7 For your eyes have seen the great works of the LORD, which he hath done.

8 Therefore ye shall keep all the commandments which I command thee this day, that ye may be strengthened to come in and possess the land whither ye go to possess it;

9 And that thou mayest live long in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10 For the land whither thou goest to possess it is not like the land of Egypt, from whence ye went forth, when thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst thyself like a cabbage garden,

11 But it hath mountains and meadows, which the rain from heaven must water,

12 The land of which the LORD thy God is mindful, and the eyes of the LORD thy God are ever upon it from the beginning of the year even unto the end.

13 Will ye therefore hear my commandments which I command you this day, that ye love the LORD your God, and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul?

14 Then will I give rain unto your land in his season, the early rain, and the latter rain; and thou shalt gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil;

15 And I will give thy cattle grass in thy field, and ye shall eat and be filled.

16 But beware lest your hearts be persuaded, and ye depart, and serve other gods, and worship them,

17 And then the wrath of the LORD be kindled against you, and shut up the heavens, that there come no rain, neither let the earth yield her increase, and ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD hath given you.

18 Take therefore these words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be a memorial before your eyes.

19 And teach them unto your children, that ye speak of them when thou sittest in thine house, or when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

20 And write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates,

21 That thou and thy children mayest live long in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give them, as long as the days of heaven shall endure upon the earth.

22 For if ye will keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him,

23 Then shall the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, that ye may possess greater and stronger nations than ye are.

24 All the places whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and from mount Lebanon, and from the river Phrath unto the uttermost part of the sea, shall be your border.

25 No man shall be able to withstand you. The fear and dread of you shall the LORD bring upon all the earth wherein ye travel, as he hath spoken unto you.

26 Behold, I set before you this day the blessing and the curse:

27 The blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day;

28 But the curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, and turn aside from the way which I command you this day, to walk after other gods, which ye know not.

29 When the LORD thy God bringeth thee into the land which thou goest in to possess it, then thou shalt pronounce a blessing upon mount Grisim, and a curse upon mount Ebal,

30 Which are beyond Jordan by the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the plain over against Gilgal, by the grove of More.

31 For thou shalt pass over Jordan, to possess the land which the LORD thy God hath given thee, to possess it, and to dwell therein.

32 Take heed therefore to do according to all the commandments and statutes which I set before you this day.