Deuteronomy 11
1 Love the LORD your God, and always keep his charge: his decrees, laws, and commands.
2 Know this today: it was not your children, who did not know or see the discipline of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm.
3 They did not see his signs or the things he did in Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to all his land.
4 They did not see what he did to the army of Egypt, its horses and chariots, when he swept the waters of the Red Sea over them as they pursued you; the LORD destroyed them, as they remain to this day.
5 They did not see what he did for you in the wilderness, until you came to this place.
6 They did not see what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab son of Reuben: the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households and tents, and everything living with them, in the midst of all Israel.
7 It was your own eyes that saw all the great work the LORD did.
8 So keep every command I give you today, so that you may be strong, enter the land you are crossing into, and take possession of it.
9 Then you will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 For the land you are entering to take possession of is not like the land of Egypt, where you came from. There you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot, like a vegetable garden.
11 But the land you are crossing into to take possession of is a land of hills and valleys, watered by rain from the sky.”
12 “It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to its end.
13 If you truly heed my commands, which I give you today, and love the LORD your God and serve him with all your heart and all your soul, then this is what will happen:
14 I will send rain on your land at the right time, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and you will gather your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
15 I will provide grass in your fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
16 Be careful that your hearts are not led astray, so that you turn away, serve other gods, and bow down to them.
17 Then the LORD's anger will burn against you. He will shut up the sky, and there will be no rain; the land will yield no produce, and you will quickly perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.
18 Take these words of mine to heart and soul. Tie them as a sign on your hand, and let them be as bands between your eyes.
19 Teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit at home, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.
20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
21 Then you and your children will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors, as long as the sky remains above the earth.”
22 “If you carefully keep all these commands I give you, putting them into practice, loving the LORD your God, walking in all his ways, and holding 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 your foot treads will be yours: from the wilderness to Lebanon, from the river—the Euphrates River—to the western sea, your territory will extend.
25 No one will be able to stand against you. The LORD your God will spread your fear and dread over all the land you set foot on, as he told you.
26 Look: today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse.
27 The blessing, if you heed the commands of the LORD your God that I give you today.
28 And the curse, if you do not heed the commands of the LORD your God, but turn from the way I am commanding you today to follow other gods you have not known.
29 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to take possession of, you shall pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
30 Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
31 For you are crossing the Jordan to enter and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you. You will take possession of it and live in it.
32 Be careful to carry out all the decrees and laws I set before you today.”
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