Deuteronomy 11

(Deuteronomy 4:1–14)

1You shall therefore loveH157 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 and alwaysH3605H3117 keepH8104 His chargeH4931, His statutesH2708, His ordinancesH4941, and His commandmentsH4687.

2KnowH3045 this dayH3117 thatH3588 it is notH3808 your childrenH1121 whoH834H3808 have knownH3045 andH834H3808 seenH7200 the disciplineH4148 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430: His greatnessH1433, His mightyH2389 handH3027, and His outstretchedH5186 armH2220; 3the signsH226 and worksH4639 He didH6213 inH8432 EgyptH4714 to PharaohH6547 kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 and allH3605 his landH776; 4whatH834 He didH6213 to the EgyptianH4714 armyH2428 and horsesH5483 and chariotsH7393 whenH834 He made the watersH4325 of the RedH5488 SeaH32201 engulfH6687 themH6440 as they pursued youH7291H310, and how HeH3068 destroyed them completelyH6, even toH5704 this dayH3117H2088; 5whatH834 He didH6213 for you in the wildernessH4057 untilH5704 you reachedH935H5704 thisH2088 placeH4725; 6and whatH834 He didH6213 in the midstH7130 of allH3605 the IsraelitesH3478 to DathanH1885 and AbiramH48, the sonsH1121 of EliabH446 the ReubeniteH1121H7205, whenH834 the earthH776 openedH6475 its mouthH6310 and swallowed themH1104, their householdsH1004, their tentsH168, andH853 everyH3605 living thingH3351 that belonged to themH7272.

7ForH3588 it is your own eyesH5869 that have seenH7200 everyH3605 greatH1419 workH4639 thatH834 the LORDH3068 has doneH6213.

God’s Great Blessings

(Joshua 1:1–9)

8You shall therefore keepH8104 everyH3605 commandmentH4687 IH595 am giving you todayH6680H3117, so thatH4616 you may have the strengthH2388 to go inH935 and possessH3423 the landH776 thatH834 youH859 are crossingH5674 the Jordan to possessH3423, 9and so thatH4616 you may live longH748H3117 inH5921 the landH127 thatH834 the LORDH3068 sworeH7650 to your fathersH1 to giveH5414 them and their descendantsH2233, a landH776 flowingH2100 with milkH2461 and honeyH1706.

10ForH3588 the landH776 thatH834 youH859 are enteringH935H8033 to possessH3423 is notH3808 like the landH776 of EgyptH4714, from whichH1931 you have comeH3318H8033, whereH834 you sowedH2232 your seedH2233 and irrigatedH8248 on footH7272, like a vegetableH3419 gardenH1588. 11But the landH776 thatH834 youH859 are crossingH5674 the Jordan to possessH3423 is a landH776 of mountainsH2022 and valleysH1237 that drinks inH8354H4325 the rainH4306 from heavenH8064. 12It is a landH776 for whichH834 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 caresH1875; the eyesH5869 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430 are alwaysH8548 on it, from the beginningH7225 toH5704 the endH319H8141 of the yearH8141.

13SoH1961 ifH518 you carefully obeyH8085H413 the commandmentsH4687 IH595 am giving you todayH6680, to loveH157 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 and to serve HimH5647 with allH3605 your heartH3824 and with allH3605 your soulH5315, 14then I will provideH54142 rainH4306 for your landH776 in seasonH6256, the autumn and spring rainsH3138H4456, that you may gatherH622 your grainH1715, new wineH8492, and oilH3323. 15And I will provideH5414 grassH6212 in the fieldsH7704 for your livestockH929, and you will eatH398 and be satisfiedH7646.

16But be carefulH8104 that you are notH6435 enticedH6601H3824 to turn asideH5493 to worshipH5647 and bow downH7812 to otherH312 godsH430, 17or the angerH639 of the LORDH3068 will be kindledH2734 against you. He will shutH6113 the heavensH8064 so that there will beH1961 noH3808 rainH4306, nor willH3808 the landH127 yieldH5414 its produceH2981, and you will soon perishH6H4120 fromH5921 the goodH2896 landH776 thatH834 the LORDH3068 is givingH5414 you.

Remember God’s Words

18FixH7760 theseH428 words of mineH1697 in yourH5921 heartsH3824 andH5921 mindsH5315; tieH7194 themH853 as remindersH226 onH5921 your handsH3027 and bind themH1961H2903 on your foreheadsH996H5869. 19TeachH3925 themH853 to your childrenH1121, speakingH1696 about them when you sitH3427 at homeH1004 and when you walkH1980 along the roadH1870, when you lie downH7901 and when you get upH6965. 20Write themH3789 onH5921 the doorpostsH4201 of your housesH1004 and on your gatesH8179, 21so thatH4616 as long asH3117 the heavensH8064 are aboveH5921 the earthH776, your daysH3117 and those of your childrenH1121 may be multipliedH7235 inH5921 the landH127 thatH834 the LORDH3068 sworeH7650 to giveH5414 your fathersH1.

22ForH3588 ifH518 you carefully keepH8104 allH3605 theseH2063 commandmentsH4687 IH595 am givingH6680 you to followH6213—to loveH157 the LORDH3068 your GodH430, to walkH1980 in allH3605 His waysH1870, and to hold fastH1692 to Him— 23then the LORDH3068 will drive outH3423 allH3605 theseH428 nationsH1471 before youH6440, and you will dispossessH3423 nationsH1471 greaterH1419 and strongerH6099 than you. 24EveryH3605 placeH4725 whereH834 the soleH3709 of your footH7272 treadsH1869 will be yoursH1961. Your territoryH1366 will extendH1961 fromH4480 the wildernessH4057 to LebanonH3844, and fromH4480 the EuphratesH6578 RiverH5104 toH5704 the WesternH314 SeaH3220.3 25NoH3808 manH376 will be able to standH3320 against youH6440; the LORDH3068 your GodH430 will putH5414 the fearH6343 and dreadH4172 of youH5921 uponH6440 allH3605 the landH776, whereverH834 you set footH1869, asH834 He has promisedH1696 you.

A Blessing and a Curse

26SeeH7200, todayH3117 IH595 am settingH5414 before youH6440 a blessingH1293 and a curseH7045— 27a blessingH1293 ifH834 you obeyH8085H413 the commandmentsH4687 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430 thatH834 IH595 am giving you todayH6680, 28but a curseH7045 ifH518 you disobeyH3808H8085H413 the commandmentsH4687 of the LORDH3068 your GodH430 and turn asideH5493 fromH4480 the pathH1870 IH595 commandH6680 youH853 todayH3117 by followingH1980H310 otherH312 godsH430, which you have notH3808 knownH3045.

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WhenH3588 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 bringsH935 you intoH413 the landH776 youH859 are enteringH935H8033 to possessH3423, you are to proclaimH5414 the blessingH1293 onH5921 MountH2022 GerizimH1630 and the curseH7045 onH5921 MountH2022 EbalH5858. 30Are notH3808 these mountainsH1992 acrossH5676 the JordanH3383, westH3996 of the roadH1870 towardH310 the sunsetH8121, in the landH776 of the CanaanitesH3669 who liveH3427 in the ArabahH6160 oppositeH4136 GilgalH1537 nearH681 the OakH4364 of MorehH4176?

31ForH3588 youH859 are about to crossH5674 the JordanH3383 to enterH935 and possessH3423 the landH776 thatH834 the LORDH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you. When you take possessionH3423 of itH853 and settleH3427 in it, 32be carefulH8104 to followH6213 allH3605 the statutesH2706 and ordinancesH4941 thatH834 IH595 am settingH5414 before youH6440 todayH3117.