11:1 Therefore, love the LORD your God and keep his obligations, that is, his statutes, ordinances, and commandments¹ forever. 11:2 Bear in mind² today that I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen the instruction of the LORD your God, his greatness, strength,³ and power,⁴ 11:3 or his signs and works that he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole land; 11:4 what he did to the army of Egypt, their horses and chariots, when he made the waters of the Reed Sea⁵ to overwhelm them when they were in pursuit of you, and how he⁶ destroyed them to this very day; 11:5 what he did to you in the desert until you reached this place. 11:6 And what he did to Dathan and Abiram,⁷ sons of Eliab the Reubenite,⁸ when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their children, their tents, and everything that followed them, in the midst of all Israel—11:7 but it is your very eyes that saw all the great deeds of the LORD that he did.

11:8 Now pay attention⁹ to the whole commandment¹⁰ I am giving¹¹ you today so that you might be strong enough to enter and possess the land to which you are headed,¹² 11:9 and that you might enjoy long life¹³ in the land that the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 11:10 For the land to which you are headed as your possession¹⁴ is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, a land where you sowed seed and which you irrigated by hand¹⁵

like a vegetable garden. 11:11 Rather, the land to which you go as your possession is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks water from the rains,¹⁶ 11:12 one¹⁷ the LORD your God looks¹⁸ after. He is constantly attentive to it¹⁹ from the beginning to the end of the year.²⁰ 11:13 Now, if you conscientiously attend to my commandment which I am giving you today, that is, to love²¹ the LORD your God and to serve him with all your mind²² and being, 11:14 then, he says, “I will send the rain of your land in its season, the former and the latter rains,²³ so that you might have an ingathering of wheat, new wine, and oil. 11:15 I will provide²⁴ pasturage²⁵ for your livestock and you yourself will eat to satisfaction.”²⁶

11:16 Watch yourselves lest you become deceived²⁷ and turn to serve and worship other gods; 11:17 then the anger of the LORD will boil up²⁸ against you and he will close up the heavens so that they do not rain, the land will not yield its produce, and you will soon die off from the good land that he²⁹ is about to give you. 11:18 Ingrain these, my words, into your thinking³⁰ and being, and tie them as a symbol upon your hands and let them be reminders³¹ on your forehead.³² 11:19 Teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit down, while inside your houses, when you travel about, when you lie down, and when you arise. 11:20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, 11:21 so that your days and those of your offspring might be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.³³ 11:22 For if you are careful to observe all of this commandment I am giving you—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him—11:23 then he³⁴ will expel all these nations before you and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you. 11:24 Every place you set your foot³⁵ will be yours, from the desert to Lebanon and from the river (that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean,³⁶ will be your border. 11:25 Nobody will be able to resist you;³⁷ the LORD your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land upon which you tread just as he told you.

11:26 Take note—I am setting³⁸ before you today a blessing and a curse,³⁹ 11:27 the blessing if you take to heart⁴⁰ the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving⁴¹ you today, 11:28 and the curse if you pay no heed⁴² to his⁴³ commandments and turn from the way I am setting before⁴⁴ you today in order to pursue⁴⁵ other gods you have not known. 11:29 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are to possess you must pronounce⁴⁶ the blessing upon Mount Gerizim and the curse upon Mount Ebal.⁴⁷ 11:30 Are they not across the Jordan, toward the west,⁴⁸ in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal⁴⁹ near the oaks of Moreh?⁵⁰

11:31 For you are about to cross the Jordan in order to possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you; and you will possess and inhabit it. 11:32 Be certain to keep all the statutes and commandments that I am presenting⁵¹ to you today.