Chapter 11

Therefore thou shalt love¹ the LORD thy God, and keep¹ his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. ³¹¹⁷

And know¹ ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children which have not known,¹ and which have not seen¹ the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out⁷ arm,

And his miracles, and his acts, which he did¹ in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

And what he did¹ unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow⁵² them as they pursued² after you, and [how] the LORD hath destroyed¹⁷ them unto this day;

And what he did¹ unto you in the wilderness, until ye came² into this place;

And what he did¹ unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened¹ her mouth, and swallowed them up,⁴ and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that [was] in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

But your eyes have seen⁶ all the great acts of the LORD which he did.¹

Therefore shall ye keep¹ all the commandments which I command¹⁸ you this day, that ye may be strong,⁴ and go in¹ and possess¹ the land, whither ye go⁶ to possess² it;

And that ye may prolong⁵⁵ [your] days in the land, which the LORD sware⁸ unto your fathers to give² unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth⁶ with milk and honey.

For the land, whither thou goest in⁶ to possess² it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out,¹ where thou sowedst⁴ thy seed, and wateredst⁵² [it] with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

But the land, whither ye go⁶ to possess² it, [is] a land of hills and valleys, [and] drinketh⁴ water of the rain of heaven:

A land which the LORD thy God careth for:⁶ the eyes of the LORD thy God [are] always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken⁴ diligently² unto my commandments which I command¹⁸ you this day, to love² the LORD your God, and to serve² him with all your heart and with all your soul,

That I will give¹ [you] the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather¹ in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

And I will send¹ grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat¹ and be full.¹

Take heed¹⁰ to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived,⁴ and ye turn aside,¹ and serve¹ other gods, and worship⁹⁸ them;

And [then] the LORD'S wrath be kindled¹ against you, and he shut up¹ the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield⁴ not her fruit; and [lest] ye perish¹ quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth⁶ you.

Therefore shall ye lay up¹ these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind¹ them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

And ye shall teach¹⁴ them your children, speaking¹⁵ of them when thou sittest² in thine house, and when thou walkest² by the way, when thou liest² down, and when thou risest up.²

And thou shalt write¹ them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

That your days may be multiplied,⁴ and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware⁸ unto your fathers to give² them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

For if ye shall diligently² keep⁴ all these commandments which I command¹⁸ you, to do² them, to love² the LORD your God, to walk² in all his ways, and to cleave² unto him;

Then will the LORD drive out⁵² all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess¹ greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread⁴ shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

There shall no man be able to stand¹⁰¹ before you: [for] the LORD your God shall lay⁴ the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread⁴ upon, as he hath said¹⁴ unto you.

Behold,³ I set⁶ before you this day a blessing and a curse;

A blessing, if ye obey⁴ the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command¹⁸ you this day:

And a curse, if ye will not obey⁴ the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside¹ out of the way which I command¹⁸ you this day, to go² after other gods, which ye have not known.¹

And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in⁵⁵ unto the land whither thou goest⁶ to possess² it, that thou shalt put¹ the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

[Are] they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell⁶ in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

For ye shall pass over⁶ Jordan to go in² to possess² the land which the LORD your God giveth⁶ you, and ye shall possess¹ it, and dwell¹ therein.

And ye shall observe¹ to do² all the statutes and judgments which I set⁶ before you this day.