Deuteronomy 11
1 Therefore love the Lord thy God and observe his precepts and ceremonies, his judgments and commandments at all times.
Love the Lord your God and do everything he says—his rules, regulations, and commandments.
2 Know this day the things that your children know not, who saw not the chastisements of the Lord your God. his great doings and strong hand, and stretched out arm,
You should realize that it's not your children who have experienced the Lord your God's discipline. It was you who saw his greatness, his power and strength;
3 The signs and works which he did in the midst of Egypt to king Pharao, and to all his land,
and his miracles. You saw what he did to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his whole country.
4 And to all the host of the Egyptians, and to their horses and chariots: how the waters of the Red Sea covered them, when they pursued you, and how the Lord destroyed them until this present day:
You saw what he did to the Egyptian army and its horses and chariots when he swept them away in the Red Sea, drowning them as they chased after you. The story hasn't changed!
5 And what he hath done to you in the wilderness, till you came to this place:
You saw what he did for you in the desert until you arrived here.
6 And to Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab, who was the son of Ruben: whom the earth, opening her mouth swallowed up with their households and tents, and all their substance, which they had in the midst of Israel.
You saw what he did, right there among you, to Dothan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab of the tribe of Reuben, when the earth split open and swallowed them down—their families, their tents, and all their animals.
7 Your eyes have seen all the greet works of the Lord, that he hath done,
You saw with your own eyes all the amazing things that the Lord has done.
8 That you may keep all his commandments, which I command you this day, and may go in, and possess the land, to which you are entering,
So you must keep every commandment I am giving you today That way you will have the strength to enter and take over the country that you are crossing the Jordan to have as your own,
9 And may live in it a long time: which the Lord promised by oath to your fathers, and to their seed, a land which floweth with milk and honey.
You will also have long lives in the country that the Lord promised to give your forefathers and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 For the land, which thou goest to possess, is not like the land of Egypt, from whence thou camest out, where, when the seed is sown, waters are brought in to water it after the manner of gardens.
The country you're entering to occupy isn't like the country of Egypt that you've come from. There you had to sow your seed and work hard irrigating the ground, like taking care of a vegetable garden.
11 But it is a land of hills and plains, expecting rain from heaven.
But here in the country that you are crossing the Jordan to take over is a land of mountains and valleys that receives plenty of rain
12 And the Lord thy God doth always visit it, and his eyes are on it from the beginning of the year unto the end thereof.
It is a land that the Lord your God takes care of. The Lord your God it is always watching over it, all year long.
13 If then you obey my commandments, which I command you this day, that you love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul:
So if you pay careful attention to keep the commandments I'm giving you today, if you love the Lord your God and to worship with all your mind and with all your being,
14 He will give to your land the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your corn, and your wine, and your oil,
then I will send rain for your land at the right time, rain in autumn and spring, so that you can harvest your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
15 And your hay out of the fields to feed your cattle, and that you may eat and be filled.
I will also provide grass in the fields for your livestock. You will have more than enough to eat.
16 Beware lest perhaps your heart be deceived, and you depart from the Lord, and serve strange gods, and adore them:
But make sure you're not that you're not fooled into worshiping and bowing down to other gods,
17 And the Lord being angry shut up heaven, that the rain come not down, nor the earth yield her fruit, and you perish quickly from the excellent land, which the Lord will give you.
or the Lord will become angry with you. He won't send any rain, and the land won't produce any crops, and you will soon die, even in the good land that the Lord is giving you.
18 Lay up these my words in your hearts and minds, and hang them for a sign on your hands, and place them between your eyes.
Focus your minds on the words that I'm saying. Tie them on your hands as reminders and put them on your foreheads as well.
19 Teach your children that they meditate on them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest on the way, and when thou liest down and risest up.
Teach them to your children and talk about them when you're at home and when you're traveling, when you lie down and when you get up.
20 Thou shalt write them upon the posts and the doors of thy house:
Write them on the doorposts of your homes and on your gates,
21 That thy days may be multiplied, and the days of thy children in the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers, that he would give them as long as the heaven hangeth over the earth.
so that as long as the earth lasts, you and your children may have long lives in the country the Lord promised to give your forefathers.
22 For if you keep the commandments which I command you, and do them, to love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, cleaving unto him,
If you are careful to keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow, if you love the Lord your God and follow all his ways, and hold onto him,
23 The Lord will destroy all these nations before your face, and you shall possess them, which are greater and stronger than you.
then the Lord will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will take over the country from nations that are greater and stronger than you.
24 Every place, that your foot shall tread upon, shall be yours. From the desert, and from Libanus, from the great river Euphrates unto the western sea shall be your borders.
Everywhere you walk will belong to you. Your territory will extend from the desert all the way to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.
25 None shall stand against you: the Lord your God shall lay the dread and fear of you upon all the land that you shall tread upon, as he hath spoken to you.
No one will be able to withstand you; the Lord your God will make everyone living there absolutely terrified of you wherever you go, just as he promised you.
26 Behold I set forth in your sight this day a blessing and a curse:
Look! Today I'm placing before you both a blessing and a curse.
27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:
You will receive a blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I'm giving you today.
28 A curse, if you obey not the commandments of the Lord your. God, but revolt from the way which now I shew you, and walk after strange gods which you know not.
But you will receive a curse if you disobey the commandments of the Lord your God and don't keep to the path I'm ordering you to follow today by worshiping some other unknown gods.
29 And when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land, whither thou goest to dwell, thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Garizim, the curse upon mount Hebal:
When the Lord your God takes you into the country you are going in to occupy, announce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
30 Which are beyond the Jordan, behind the way that goeth to the setting of the sun, in the land of the Chanaanite who dwelleth in the plain country over against Galgala, which is near the valley that reacheth and entereth far.
(These mountains are to the west of the Jordan, in the country of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah near Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh.)
31 For you shall pass over the Jordan, to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have it and possess it.
Shortly you're going to cross the Jordan to enter and occupy the country the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it over and settle there,
32 See therefore that you fulfill the ceremonies and judgments, which I shall set this day before you.
make sure you follow all the rules and regulations that I'm giving you today.
