11Deuteronomy 11

The 's Greatness

1“Love the Lord your God and always obey all his laws.Select Deuteronomy 11:1

2Remember today what you have learned about the Lord through your experiences with him. It was you, not your children, who had these experiences. You saw the Lord's greatness, his power, his might,Select Deuteronomy 11:2

3and his miracles. You saw what he did to the king of Egypt and to his entire country.Select Deuteronomy 11:3

4You saw how the Lord completely wiped out the Egyptian army, along with their horses and chariots, by drowning them in the Red Sea when they were pursuing you.Select Deuteronomy 11:4

5You know what the Lord did for you in the desert before you arrived here.Select Deuteronomy 11:5

6You recall what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab of the tribe of Reuben. In the sight of everyone the earth opened up and swallowed them, along with their families, their tents, and all their servants and animals.Select Deuteronomy 11:6

7Yes, you are the ones who have seen all these great things that the Lord has done.Select Deuteronomy 11:7

The Blessings of the Promised Land

8“Obey everything that I have commanded you today. Then you will be able to cross the river and occupy the land that you are about to enter.Select Deuteronomy 11:8

9And you will live a long time in the rich and fertile land that the Lord promised to give your ancestors and their descendants.Select Deuteronomy 11:9

10The land that you are about to occupy is not like the land of Egypt, where you lived before. There, when you planted grain, you had to work hard to irrigate the fields;Select Deuteronomy 11:10

11but the land that you are about to enter is a land of mountains and valleys, a land watered by rain.Select Deuteronomy 11:11

12The Lord your God takes care of this land and watches over it throughout the year.Select Deuteronomy 11:12

13“So then, obey the commands that I have given you today; love the Lord your God and serve him with all your heart.Select Deuteronomy 11:13

14If you do, he will send rain on your land when it is needed, in the autumn and in the spring, so that there will be grain, wine, and olive oil for you,Select Deuteronomy 11:14

15and grass for your livestock. You will have all the food you want.Select Deuteronomy 11:15

16Do not let yourselves be led away from the Lord to worship and serve other gods.Select Deuteronomy 11:16

17If you do, the Lord will become angry with you. He will hold back the rain, and your ground will become too dry for crops to grow. Then you will soon die there, even though it is a good land that he is giving you.Select Deuteronomy 11:17

18“Remember these commands and cherish them. Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder.Select Deuteronomy 11:18

19Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you are resting and when you are working.Select Deuteronomy 11:19

20Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.Select Deuteronomy 11:20

21Then you and your children will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God promised to give to your ancestors. You will live there as long as there is a sky above the earth.Select Deuteronomy 11:21

22“Obey faithfully everything that I have commanded you: Love the Lord your God, do everything he commands, and be faithful to him.Select Deuteronomy 11:22

23Then he will drive out all those nations as you advance, and you will occupy the land belonging to nations greater and more powerful than you.Select Deuteronomy 11:23

24All the ground that you march over will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.Select Deuteronomy 11:24

25Wherever you go in that land, the Lord your God will make the people fear you, as he has promised, and no one will be able to stop you.Select Deuteronomy 11:25

26“Today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse—Select Deuteronomy 11:26

27a blessing, if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today;Select Deuteronomy 11:27

28but a curse, if you disobey these commands and turn away to worship other gods that you have never worshiped before.Select Deuteronomy 11:28

29When the Lord brings you into the land that you are going to occupy, you are to proclaim the blessing from Mount Gerizim and the curse from Mount Ebal. (Select Deuteronomy 11:29

30These two mountains are west of the Jordan River in the territory of the Canaanites who live in the Jordan Valley. They are toward the west, not far from the sacred trees of Moreh near the town of Gilgal.)Select Deuteronomy 11:30

31You are about to cross the Jordan River and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it and settle there,Select Deuteronomy 11:31

32be sure to obey all the laws that I am giving you today.Select Deuteronomy 11:32