American King James Version - AKJV - 1999
Deuteronomy 11
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Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always.
Reference
Judgment
Zechariah 3:7
Deuteronomy 4:1
Deuteronomy 6:1
Deuteronomy 4:5
Love
Deuteronomy 6:5
Deuteronomy 10:12
Psalm 116:1
References Lord
Leviticus 8:35
Word
Psalm 105:45
Deuteronomy 4:40
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And know you this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
Reference
References God
Deuteronomy 5:24
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And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the middle of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land;
Reference
Parallel theme
Deuteronomy 7:19
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And what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day;
Reference
Parallel theme
Psalm 106:11
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And what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came into this place;
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And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the middle of all Israel:
Reference
7
But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
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Therefore shall you keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land, where you go to possess it;
Reference
9
And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land that flows with milk and honey.
Reference
Parallel theme
Exodus 3:8
Ezekiel 20:6
References Lord
Deuteronomy 4:40
Proverbs 10:27
Deuteronomy 9:5
Deuteronomy 6:2
Deuteronomy 5:16
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For the land, where you go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from from where you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs:
Reference
References Egypt
Zechariah 14:18
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But the land, where you go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinks water of the rain of heaven:
Reference
12
A land which the LORD your God cares for: the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
Reference
Parallel theme
Jeremiah 24:6
References God
Ezra 5:5
References Lord
1 Kings 9:3
Psalm 33:18
Psalm 34:15
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And it shall come to pass, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Reference
Love
Deuteronomy 10:12
Parallel theme
Psalm 119:4
References God
Deuteronomy 4:29
Word
Deuteronomy 11:8
Deuteronomy 6:17
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That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your corn, and your wine, and your oil.
Reference
16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
Reference
Parallel theme
Hebrews 2:1
Job 31:27
James 1:26
Isaiah 44:20
1 John 5:21
References God
Hebrews 3:12
Deuteronomy 29:18
Deuteronomy 4:23
Worship
Deuteronomy 8:19
Deuteronomy 30:17
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And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.
Reference
Parallel theme
1 Kings 8:35
Deuteronomy 4:26
Amos 4:7
2 Chronicles 6:26
2 Chronicles 7:13
References Lord
Deuteronomy 6:15
1 Kings 17:1
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Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Reference
Parallel theme
2 Peter 1:12
Hebrews 2:1
Exodus 13:16
Word
Colossians 3:16
Proverbs 3:1
Psalm 119:11
Exodus 13:9
Deuteronomy 32:46
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And you shall teach them your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Reference
20
And you shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates:
Reference
Parallel theme
Deuteronomy 6:9
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That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven on the earth.
Reference
22
For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to join to him;
Reference
23
Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Reference
24
Every place where on the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
Reference
25
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has said to you.
Reference
Parallel theme
Exodus 23:27
Deuteronomy 7:24
Joshua 1:5
Deuteronomy 2:25
References Lord
Joshua 5:1
Joshua 2:9
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A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
Reference
Parallel theme
Isaiah 1:19
Isaiah 3:10
John 13:17
Psalm 19:11
Romans 2:7
Word
Luke 11:28
James 1:25
Revelation 22:14
28
And a curse, if you will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.
Reference
Word
Galatians 3:10
29
And it shall come to pass, when the LORD your God has brought you in to the land where you go to possess it, that you shall put the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the curse on mount Ebal.
📍 Locations
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Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the desert over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Reference
📍 Gilgal 1
31
For you shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Reference
Summary of Deuteronomy 11
Deuteronomy chapter 11 contains the warnings of Moses to the people of Israel as they are about to cross the Jordan River and enter the Promised Land. Moses calls them to love the Lord, obey His commandments, and remember all that they had seen during their time in the wilderness. Moses goes on to explain the blessings that will come to them if they remain faithful and the curses that would come upon them if they turned away from the Lord.
Moses begins by calling Israel to love the Lord their God, and to keep all His commandments, statutes, and judgments. He then reminds Israel of the events they have seen with their own eyes. Moses tells them of the mighty works of the Lord which they had witnessed in Egypt, and the display of his power over the Egyptians and the army of Pharaoh.
They had also seen the works of the Lord in the wilderness, and Moses reminds Israel of the earth opening and swallowing those who rebelled against the Lord; the rebellion led by Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Moses reminds Israel that these were things which their eyes had seen, and not things that their fathers had told them. Moses wanted them to know that the knowledge of the Lord was not something that was handed down to them, it was something that they had seen with their own eyes.
They had seen the signs and wonders which the Lord had performed in Egypt, as well as in the wilderness when he delivered them from the hands of Pharaoh. These were memories that were precious to Israel, for soon they would be entering a land that was unlike any that they had known. Moses compares the land of Egypt to the land which Israel was soon to inherit.
In Egypt they had planted seeds in sweat and toiled under the hot sun in order to reap a harvest. But the land of Canaan was a land of hills and valleys which would be watered with the rain from heaven. Moses describes the Lord's care for the land of Israel, saying that His eyes were upon it, from the beginning of the year to the year's end.
Israel was about to enter into a covenant relationship with the land that God had promised to them. Moses warned them that if they honored the covenant, God would bless their land with early and later rains so that they might reap the harvest of grain, wine, and oil. The grass of their land would also bring forth food for their cattle, and in turn, the cattle would provide Israel with food.
But if Israel allowed their hearts to be led astray and worship other gods instead of the Lord, then God's anger would be kindled against them. He would shut up the heavens so that there should be no rain, and the land would not yield its fruits. Then the people would perish from off the good land which the Lord had promised to them.
Moses then calls Israel to keep all of the words of the Lord in their hearts. Moses instructs them to teach God's word to their children, and to talk of it as they sat in their house, walked along the road, lay down to sleep, and woke up again in the morning. Moses speaks of teaching and learning in the same way that he spoke of it in the previous chapters.
He instructs Israel to write the words of the Lord upon the doorposts of their houses, and upon their gates. Moses tells them that if they obeyed all the words of the Lord, then they would continue to prosper in the land that He had promised to them, and their days would be multiplied there. He tells Israel that their days would be as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Moses speaks to Israel of the blessings and curses that would come upon them depending on whether they honored or despised the commandments of the Lord. Moses wanted them to remember that it was not the land that God had promised to them, but rather that the land was the blessing that came as a result of Israel's obedience to the Lord.
He speaks of how Israel would one day stand upon Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal to declare the blessings and the curses that had been spoken to them. These words were a reminder to the people of the covenant that they had entered into with the Lord. Moses said that when they entered the promised land, they would proclaim the words of the Lord from these two mountains.
Moses then calls Israel to observe all the words of the covenant, and to love the Lord with all their hearts, and to walk in His ways, and to hold fast to Him. Moses spoke of the promises that the Lord had made to Israel, saying that if they obeyed His covenant, then the Lord would cause the nations who inhabited the land to be driven out before them, and that they would possess the land of their enemies.
Deuteronomy 11 is a chapter that speaks of many of the themes that have already been introduced to Israel by Moses. Israel was called to remember, love, and teach the words of the Lord which had been spoken to them. Moses reminds them of the importance of obedience to the covenant, as well as their faithfulness to the Lord even after they had entered the promised land. They were about to receive a blessing from the Lord which was immeasurable, but Moses wanted them to understand that the most important blessing of all was their relationship with God.
The people of Israel had been taught that they could either follow the ways of the Lord and be blessed, or turn away from Him and suffer the wages of their sin. Moses wanted to impress upon the people that they should keep these words of his in their hearts.
Moses begins by calling Israel to love the Lord their God, and to keep all His commandments, statutes, and judgments. He then reminds Israel of the events they have seen with their own eyes. Moses tells them of the mighty works of the Lord which they had witnessed in Egypt, and the display of his power over the Egyptians and the army of Pharaoh.
They had also seen the works of the Lord in the wilderness, and Moses reminds Israel of the earth opening and swallowing those who rebelled against the Lord; the rebellion led by Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Moses reminds Israel that these were things which their eyes had seen, and not things that their fathers had told them. Moses wanted them to know that the knowledge of the Lord was not something that was handed down to them, it was something that they had seen with their own eyes.
They had seen the signs and wonders which the Lord had performed in Egypt, as well as in the wilderness when he delivered them from the hands of Pharaoh. These were memories that were precious to Israel, for soon they would be entering a land that was unlike any that they had known. Moses compares the land of Egypt to the land which Israel was soon to inherit.
In Egypt they had planted seeds in sweat and toiled under the hot sun in order to reap a harvest. But the land of Canaan was a land of hills and valleys which would be watered with the rain from heaven. Moses describes the Lord's care for the land of Israel, saying that His eyes were upon it, from the beginning of the year to the year's end.
Israel was about to enter into a covenant relationship with the land that God had promised to them. Moses warned them that if they honored the covenant, God would bless their land with early and later rains so that they might reap the harvest of grain, wine, and oil. The grass of their land would also bring forth food for their cattle, and in turn, the cattle would provide Israel with food.
But if Israel allowed their hearts to be led astray and worship other gods instead of the Lord, then God's anger would be kindled against them. He would shut up the heavens so that there should be no rain, and the land would not yield its fruits. Then the people would perish from off the good land which the Lord had promised to them.
Moses then calls Israel to keep all of the words of the Lord in their hearts. Moses instructs them to teach God's word to their children, and to talk of it as they sat in their house, walked along the road, lay down to sleep, and woke up again in the morning. Moses speaks of teaching and learning in the same way that he spoke of it in the previous chapters.
He instructs Israel to write the words of the Lord upon the doorposts of their houses, and upon their gates. Moses tells them that if they obeyed all the words of the Lord, then they would continue to prosper in the land that He had promised to them, and their days would be multiplied there. He tells Israel that their days would be as the days of heaven upon the earth.
Moses speaks to Israel of the blessings and curses that would come upon them depending on whether they honored or despised the commandments of the Lord. Moses wanted them to remember that it was not the land that God had promised to them, but rather that the land was the blessing that came as a result of Israel's obedience to the Lord.
He speaks of how Israel would one day stand upon Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal to declare the blessings and the curses that had been spoken to them. These words were a reminder to the people of the covenant that they had entered into with the Lord. Moses said that when they entered the promised land, they would proclaim the words of the Lord from these two mountains.
Moses then calls Israel to observe all the words of the covenant, and to love the Lord with all their hearts, and to walk in His ways, and to hold fast to Him. Moses spoke of the promises that the Lord had made to Israel, saying that if they obeyed His covenant, then the Lord would cause the nations who inhabited the land to be driven out before them, and that they would possess the land of their enemies.
Deuteronomy 11 is a chapter that speaks of many of the themes that have already been introduced to Israel by Moses. Israel was called to remember, love, and teach the words of the Lord which had been spoken to them. Moses reminds them of the importance of obedience to the covenant, as well as their faithfulness to the Lord even after they had entered the promised land. They were about to receive a blessing from the Lord which was immeasurable, but Moses wanted them to understand that the most important blessing of all was their relationship with God.
The people of Israel had been taught that they could either follow the ways of the Lord and be blessed, or turn away from Him and suffer the wages of their sin. Moses wanted to impress upon the people that they should keep these words of his in their hearts.