Deuteronomy 11 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Rewards of Obedience

11 “You shall therefore (A)love the Lord your God, and always (B)keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. 2 Know this day (C)that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the [a]discipline of the Lord your God—His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm, 3 and (D)His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land; 4 and what He did to Egypt’s army, to its horses and its chariots, (E)when He made the water of the [b]Red Sea to [c]engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the Lord [d]completely destroyed them; 5 and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place; 6 and (F)what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and (G)every living thing that [e]followed them, among all Israel— 7 but your own eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which He did.

8 “You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, (H)so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it; 9 (I)so that you may prolong your days on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their [f]descendants, (J)a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it with your [g]foot like a vegetable garden. 11 But (K)the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven, 12 a land for which the Lord your God cares; (L)the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the [h]beginning even to the end of the year.

13 “It shall come about, (M)if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, (N)to love the Lord your God and to serve Him (O)with all your heart and all your soul, 14 that [i](P)He will give the rain for your land in its season, the [j](Q)early and [k]late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil. 15 [l](R)He will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and (S)you will eat and be satisfied. 16 [m](T)Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them. 17 Or (U)the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and He will (V)shut up the heavens (W)so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and (X)you will perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

18 “(Y)You shall therefore [n]impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as [o]frontals [p]on your forehead. 19 (Z)You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. 20 (AA)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 so that (AB)your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as [q](AC)long as the heavens remain above the earth. 22 For if you are (AD)careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, (AE)to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and (AF)hold fast to Him, 23 then the Lord will (AG)drive out all these nations from before you, and you will (AH)dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. 24 (AI)Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; (AJ)your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as [r]the western sea. 25 (AK)No man will be able to stand before you; the Lord your God will lay the dread of you and the fear of you on all the land on which you set foot, as He has spoken to you.

26 “(AL)See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the (AM)blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today; 28 and the (AN)curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, [s]by following other gods which you have not known.

29 “It shall come about, when the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, (AO)that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not across the Jordan, west of the way toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite (AP)Gilgal, beside (AQ)the [t]oaks of Moreh? 31 For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and (AR)you shall possess it and live in it, 32 and you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the judgments which I am setting before you today.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:2 Or instruction
  2. Deuteronomy 11:4 Lit Sea of Reeds
  3. Deuteronomy 11:4 Lit flow over their faces
  4. Deuteronomy 11:4 Lit to this day
  5. Deuteronomy 11:6 Lit was at their feet
  6. Deuteronomy 11:9 Lit seed
  7. Deuteronomy 11:10 I.e. probably a treadmill
  8. Deuteronomy 11:12 Lit beginning of the year
  9. Deuteronomy 11:14 So some ancient versions; M.T. reads I
  10. Deuteronomy 11:14 I.e. autumn
  11. Deuteronomy 11:14 I.e. spring
  12. Deuteronomy 11:15 So some ancient versions; M.T. reads I
  13. Deuteronomy 11:16 Lit Watch yourselves
  14. Deuteronomy 11:18 Lit put
  15. Deuteronomy 11:18 Lit frontlet bands
  16. Deuteronomy 11:18 Lit between your eyes
  17. Deuteronomy 11:21 Lit the days of the heavens
  18. Deuteronomy 11:24 I.e. the Mediterranean
  19. Deuteronomy 11:28 Lit to follow
  20. Deuteronomy 11:30 Lit terebinths

Cross references

  1. Deuteronomy 11:1 : Deut 6:5; 10:12
  2. Deuteronomy 11:1 : Lev 18:30; 22:9
  3. Deuteronomy 11:2 : Deut 4:34
  4. Deuteronomy 11:3 : Ex 7:8-21
  5. Deuteronomy 11:4 : Ex 14:28; Deut 1:40; 2:1
  6. Deuteronomy 11:6 : Num 16:1-35; Ps 106:16-18
  7. Deuteronomy 11:6 : Num 26:10, 11
  8. Deuteronomy 11:8 : Deut 31:6, 7, 23; Josh 1:6, 7
  9. Deuteronomy 11:9 : Deut 4:40; 5:16, 33; 6:2; Prov 10:27
  10. Deuteronomy 11:9 : Ex 3:8
  11. Deuteronomy 11:11 : Deut 8:7
  12. Deuteronomy 11:12 : 1 Kin 9:3
  13. Deuteronomy 11:13 : Lev 26:3; Deut 7:12
  14. Deuteronomy 11:13 : Deut 11:1
  15. Deuteronomy 11:13 : Deut 4:29
  16. Deuteronomy 11:14 : Lev 26:4; Deut 28:12
  17. Deuteronomy 11:14 : Joel 2:23; James 5:7
  18. Deuteronomy 11:15 : Ps 104:14
  19. Deuteronomy 11:15 : Deut 6:11
  20. Deuteronomy 11:16 : Job 31:27
  21. Deuteronomy 11:17 : Deut 6:15; 9:19
  22. Deuteronomy 11:17 : 1 Kin 8:35; 2 Chr 6:26; 7:13
  23. Deuteronomy 11:17 : Deut 28:24
  24. Deuteronomy 11:17 : Deut 4:26
  25. Deuteronomy 11:18 : Ex 13:9, 16; Deut 6:8
  26. Deuteronomy 11:19 : Deut 4:9, 10; 6:7; Prov 22:6
  27. Deuteronomy 11:20 : Deut 6:9
  28. Deuteronomy 11:21 : Prov 3:2; 4:10; 9:11
  29. Deuteronomy 11:21 : Ps 72:5
  30. Deuteronomy 11:22 : Deut 6:17
  31. Deuteronomy 11:22 : Deut 11:1
  32. Deuteronomy 11:22 : Deut 10:20
  33. Deuteronomy 11:23 : Deut 4:38
  34. Deuteronomy 11:23 : Deut 9:1
  35. Deuteronomy 11:24 : Josh 1:3; 14:9
  36. Deuteronomy 11:24 : Gen 15:18; Ex 23:31; Deut 1:7, 8
  37. Deuteronomy 11:25 : Ex 23:27; Deut 7:24
  38. Deuteronomy 11:26 : Deut 30:1, 19
  39. Deuteronomy 11:27 : Deut 28:1-14
  40. Deuteronomy 11:28 : Deut 28:15-68
  41. Deuteronomy 11:29 : Deut 27:12; Josh 8:33
  42. Deuteronomy 11:30 : Josh 4:19
  43. Deuteronomy 11:30 : Gen 12:6
  44. Deuteronomy 11:31 : Deut 17:14; Josh 21:43

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