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Deuteronomy 11

1Thereforethou shaltloveוְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ve.'A.hav.taH157JehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,andkeepוְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ve.sha.mar.TaH8104hischargeH4931,andhisstatutesH2708,andhisordinancesH4941,andhiscommandmentsוּמִצְוֹתָ֖יוu.mitz.vo.TavH4687, alway.

2AndknowH3045yethisdayהַיּוֹם֒hai.yOmH3117:forIspeaknotwithyourchildrenthathavenotknownH3045,andthathavenotseenH7200thechastisementofJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,hisgreatnessגָּדְל֕וֹga.de.LoH1433,hismightyהַחֲזָקָ֔הha.cha.za.KahH2389handיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027,andhisoutstretchedהַנְּטוּיָֽה׃ha.ne.tu.YahH5186armוּזְרֹע֖וֹu.ze.ro.'OH2220,

3andhissignsאֹֽתֹתָיו֙'o.to.TavH226,andhisworksH4639,whichhedidinthemidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714untoPharaohלְפַרְעֹ֥הle.far.'OhH6547thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,anduntoallhislandאַרְצֽוֹ׃'ar.TzoH776;

4andwhathediduntothearmyלְחֵ֨ילle.CheilH2428ofEgyptמִצְרַ֜יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, untotheirhorsesH5483,andtotheirchariotsH7393;howhemadeH6213thewaterמֵ֤יmeiH4325oftheRedSeaיַם־yam-H3220tooverflowthemastheypursuedH7291afteryou,andhowJehovahhathdestroyedוַיְאַבְּדֵ֣םvay.'a.be.DemH6themuntothisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117;

5andwhathediduntoyouinthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057,untilyecameH935untothisplaceהַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.KomH4725;

6andwhathediduntoDathanלְדָתָ֣ןle.da.TanH1885andAbiramוְלַאֲבִירָ֗םve.la.'a.vi.RamH48,thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofEliabאֱלִיאָב֮'e.li.'AvH446,thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofReubenרְאוּבֵן֒re.'u.VenH7205;howtheearthהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776openedפָּצְתָ֤הpa.tze.TahH6475itsmouthפִּ֔יהָPi.haH6310,andswallowedוַתִּבְלָעֵ֥םva.tiv.la.'EmH1104themup,andtheirhouseholdsH1004,andtheirtentsאָהֳלֵיהֶ֑ם'o.ho.lei.HemH168,andeverylivingthingthatfollowedthem,inthemidstבְּקֶ֖רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130ofallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478:

7butyoureyesעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙'ei.nei.KhemH5869haveseenH7200allthegreatהַגָּדֹ֑לha.ga.DolH1419workמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639ofJehovahwhichhedid.

8Thereforeshallyekeepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙u.she.mar.TemH8104allthecommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֔הha.mitz.VahH4687whichIcommandמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve.KhaH6680theethisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117,thatyemaybestrongתֶּחֶזְק֗וּte.chez.KuH2388,andgoוּבָאתֶם֙u.va.TemH935inandpossessH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, whither yegoH935overtopossessH3423it;

9andthatyemayprolongתַּאֲרִ֤יכוּta.'a.Ri.khuH748yourdaysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117inthelandאֶ֛רֶץ'E.retzH776,whichJehovahsware untoyourfathersH1togiveלָתֵ֥תla.TetH5414untothemandtotheirseedH2233,alandH776flowingזָבַ֥תza.VatH2100withmilkחָלָ֖בcha.LavH2461andhoneyוּדְבָֽשׁ׃ סu.de.VashH1706.

10Forthelandהָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776, whither thou goestintopossessH3423it,isnotasthelandכְאֶ֤רֶץkhe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714,fromwhence yecameH935out,whereH834thou sowedst thyseedזַרְעֲךָ֔zar.'a.KhaH2233,andwateredstitwiththyfootבְרַגְלְךָ֖ve.rag.le.KhaH7272,asagardenכְּגַ֥ןke.GanH1588ofherbs;

11butthelandוְהָאָ֗רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776, whither yegoH935overtopossessH3423it,isalandאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776ofhillsH2022andvalleysוּבְקָעֹ֑תu.ve.ka.'OtH1237,anddrinkethwaterמָּֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325oftherainלִמְטַ֥רlim.TarH4306ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,

12alandאֶ֕רֶץ'E.retzH776whichJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430carethfor:theeyesעֵינֵ֨י'ei.NeiH5869ofJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430arealwaysuponit,fromthebeginningoftheyearהַשָּׁנָ֔הha.sha.NahH8141evenuntotheendאַחֲרִ֥ית'a.cha.RitH319oftheyearשָׁנָֽה׃ סsha.NahH8141.

13Anditshallcometopass,ifyeshallhearkendiligentlyuntomycommandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֔יmitz.vo.TaiH4687whichIcommandמְצַוֶּ֥הme.tza.VehH6680youthisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117,toloveלְאַהֲבָ֞הle.'a.ha.VahH157JehovahyourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,andtoserveוּלְעָבְד֔וֹu.le.'a.ve.DoH5647himwithallyourheartלְבַבְכֶ֖םle.vav.KhemH3824andwithallyoursoulH5315,

14thatIwillgiveוְנָתַתִּ֧יve.na.ta.TiH5414therainמְטַֽר־me.tar-H4306ofyourlandאַרְצְכֶ֛ם'ar.tze.KhemH776initsseason,theformerrainH4306andthelatterrainH4306,thatthou mayestgatherוְאָסַפְתָּ֣ve.'a.saf.TaH622inthygrainדְגָנֶ֔ךָde.ga.Ne.khaH1715,andthynewוְתִֽירֹשְׁךָ֖ve.ti.ro.she.KhaH8492wineH8492,andthineoilוְיִצְהָרֶֽךָ׃ve.yitz.ha.Re.khaH3323.

15AndIwillgiveוְנָתַתִּ֛יve.na.ta.TiH5414grassעֵ֥שֶׂב'E.sevH6212inthyfieldsבְּשָׂדְךָ֖be.sa.de.KhaH7704forthycattleלִבְהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָliv.hem.Te.khaH929,andthou shalteatוְאָכַלְתָּ֖ve.'a.khal.TaH398andbefull.

16Takeheedהִשָּֽׁמְר֣וּhi.sha.me.RuH8104toyourselves,lestפֶּ֥ןpenH6435yourheartלְבַבְכֶ֑םle.vav.KhemH3824bedeceived,andyeturnוְסַרְתֶּ֗םve.sar.TemH5493asideH5493,andserveוַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙va.'a.vad.TemH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430,andworshipthem;

17andtheangerאַף־'af-H639ofJehovahbeH1961kindledagainstyou,andheshutוְעָצַ֤רve.'a.TzarH6113uptheheavensהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,sothatthereshallbeH1961norainמָטָ֔רma.TarH4306,andthelandהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776shallnotyielditsfruit;andyeperishוַאֲבַדְתֶּ֣םva.'a.vad.TemH6quicklyמְהֵרָ֗הme.he.RahH4120fromoffthegoodהַטֹּבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896landH776whichJehovahgivethyou.

18Thereforeshallyelayupthesemywordsדְּבָרַ֣יde.va.RaiH1697inyourheartלְבַבְכֶ֖םle.vav.KhemH3824andinyoursoulH5315;andyeshallbindH7194themforasignלְאוֹת֙le.'OtH226uponyourhandיֶדְכֶ֔םyed.KhemH3027,andtheyshallbeוְהָי֥וּve.ha.YuH1961forfrontletsbetweenyoureyesעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃'ei.nei.KhemH5869.

19Andyeshallteachוְלִמַּדְתֶּ֥םve.li.mad.TemH3925themyourchildren,talkingofthem,whenthou sittestinthyhouseבְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙be.vei.Te.khaH1004,andwhenthou walkestbythewayH1870,andwhenthou liestdownוּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖u.ve.sha.khe.be.KhaH7901,andwhenthou risestup.

20Andthou shaltwriteוּכְתַבְתָּ֛םu.khe.tav.TamH3789themuponthedoor-postsofthyhouseבֵּיתֶ֖ךָbei.Te.khaH1004,anduponthygatesH8179;

21thatyourdaysיְמֵיכֶם֙ye.mei.KhemH3117maybemultipliedH7235,andthedaysוִימֵ֣יvi.MeiH3117ofyourchildren,inthelandH776whichJehovahsware untoyourfathersH1togiveלָתֵ֣תla.TetH5414them,asthedaysכִּימֵ֥יki.MeiH3117oftheheavensהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064abovetheearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ סha.'A.retzH776.

22ForifyeshalldiligentlykeepH8104allthiscommandmentהַמִּצְוָ֣הha.mitz.VahH4687whichIcommandמְצַוֶּ֥הme.tza.VehH6680you,todoit,toloveלְאַהֲבָ֞הle.'a.ha.VahH157JehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,towalkinallhiswaysדְּרָכָ֖יוde.ra.KhavH1870,andtocleave untohim;

23thenwillJehovahdriveoutallthesenationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471frombeforeyou,andyeshalldispossessH3423nationsגּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimH1471greaterגְּדֹלִ֥יםge.do.LimH1419andmightierוַעֲצֻמִ֖יםva.'a.tzu.MimH6099thanyourselves.

24Everyplaceהַמָּק֗וֹםha.ma.KomH4725whereonthesoleכַּֽף־kaf-H3709ofyourfootרַגְלְכֶ֛םrag.le.KhemH7272shalltreadתִּדְרֹ֧ךְtid.RokhH1869shallbeH1961yours:fromthewildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֨רha.mid.BarH4057,andLebanonוְהַלְּבָנ֜וֹןve.ha.le.va.NonH3844,fromtheriverהַנָּהָ֣רha.na.HarH5104,theriverנְהַר־ne.har-H5104Euphratesפְּרָ֗תpe.RatH6578,evenuntothehinderseaהַיָּ֣םhai.YamH3220shallbeH1961yourborderH1366.

25ThereshallnomanH376beabletostandיִתְיַצֵּ֥בyit.ya.TzevH3320beforeyou:JehovahyourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430shalllaythefearH6343ofyouandthedreadפַּחְדְּכֶ֨םpach.de.KhemH6343ofyouuponallthelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776thatyeshalltreadתִּדְרְכוּ־tid.re.khu-H1869upon,ashehathspokenH1696untoyou.

26Behold,IsetH5414beforeyouthisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117ablessingבְּרָכָ֖הbe.ra.KhahH1293andacurseוּקְלָלָֽה׃u.ke.la.LahH7045:

27theblessingהַבְּרָכָ֑הha.be.ra.KhahH1293,ifyeshallhearken untothecommandmentsמִצְוֹת֙mitz.VotH4687ofJehovahyourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,whichIcommandמְצַוֶּ֥הme.tza.VehH6680youthisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117;

28andthecurseוְהַקְּלָלָ֗הve.ha.ke.la.LahH7045,ifyeshallnothearken untothecommandmentsמִצְוֹת֙mitz.VotH4687ofJehovahyourGodאֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,butturnוְסַרְתֶּ֣םve.sar.TemH5493asideH5493outofthewayהַדֶּ֔רֶךְha.De.rekhH1870whichIcommandמְצַוֶּ֥הme.tza.VehH6680youthisdayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117,togoafterotherאֲחֵרִ֖ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430,whichyehavenotknownH3045.

29AnditshallcomeH935topass,whenJehovahthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430shallbringH935theeintothelandהָאָ֕רֶץha.'A.retzH776whither thou goesttopossessH3423it,thatthou shaltsetוְנָתַתָּ֤הve.na.ta.TahH5414theblessingהַבְּרָכָה֙ha.be.ra.KhahH1293uponmountGerizimגְּרִזִ֔יםge.ri.ZimH1630,andthecurseהַקְּלָלָ֖הha.ke.la.LahH7045uponmountEbalעֵיבָֽל׃'ei.ValH5858.

30AretheynotbeyondtheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֗ןhai.yar.DenH3383,behindthewayH1870ofthegoingdownH3427ofthesunהַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁha.She.meshH8121,inthelandבְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzH776oftheCanaanitesH3669thatdwellהַיֹּשֵׁ֖בhai.yo.ShevH3427intheArabahבָּעֲרָבָ֑הba.'a.ra.VahH6160,overagainstGilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֔לha.gil.GalH1537,besidetheoaksofMorehמֹרֶֽה׃mo.RehH4176?

31Foryearetopassעֹבְרִ֣ים'oe.RimH5674overtheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383togoלָבֹא֙la.Vo'H935intopossessH3423thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776whichJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430givethyou,andyeshallpossessH3423it,anddwellוִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־vi.shav.tem-H3427therein.

32AndyeshallobserveH8104todoallthestatutesH2706andtheordinancesH4941whichIsetH5414beforeyouthisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11

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