Deuteronomy 11:8-32

Deuteronomy 11:8-32

[8] Therefore shall ye keep  all the commandments  which  I command  you this day,  that ye may be strong,  and go in  and possess  the land,  whither ye go  to possess  [9] And that ye may prolong  your days  in the land,  which the LORD  sware  unto your fathers  to give  unto them and to their seed,  a land  that floweth  with milk  and honey.  [10] For the land,  whither thou goest in  to possess  it, is not as the land  of Egypt,  from whence ye came out,  where thou sowedst  thy seed,  and wateredst  it with thy foot,  as a garden  of herbs:  [11] But the land,  to possess  it, is a land  of hills  and valleys,  and drinketh  water  of the rain  of heaven:  [12] A land  which the LORD  thy God  careth for:  the eyes  of the LORD  thy God  are always  upon it, from the beginning  of the year  even unto the end  of the year.  [13] And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken  unto 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,  [14] That I will give  you the rain  of your land  in his due season,  the first rain  and the latter rain,  that thou mayest gather  in thy corn,  and thy wine,  and thine oil.  [15] And I will send  grass  in thy fields  for thy cattle,  that thou mayest eat  and be full.  [16] Take heed  to yourselves, that your heart  be not deceived,  and ye turn aside,  and serve  other  gods,  and worship  them; [17] 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 ye perish  quickly  from off the good  land  which the LORD  giveth  you. [18] Therefore shall ye lay up  these my words  in your heart  and in your soul,  and bind  them for a sign  upon your hand,  that they may be as frontlets  between your eyes.  [19] And ye shall teach  them your children,  speaking  of them when thou sittest  in thine house,  by the way,  when thou liest  down, and when thou risest up.  [20] And thou shalt write  them upon the door posts  of thine house,  and upon thy gates:  [21] That your days  may be multiplied,  and the days  of your children,  in the land  which the LORD  sware  unto your fathers  to give  them, as the days  of heaven  upon the earth.  [22] For if ye shall diligently  all these commandments  which I command  you, to do  them, to love  the LORD  your God,  in all his ways,  and to cleave  unto him; [23] Then will the LORD  drive out  all these nations  from before  you, and ye shall possess  greater  nations  and mightier  [24] Every place  whereon the soles  of your feet  shall tread  shall be yours: from the wilderness  and Lebanon,  from the river,  Euphrates,  even unto the uttermost  sea  shall your coast  be. [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 upon  all the land  that ye shall tread  upon, as he hath said  unto you. [26] Behold,  I set  before  you this day  a blessing  and a curse;  [27] A blessing,  if ye obey  the commandments  of the LORD  your God,  which I command  you this day:  [28] And a curse,  if ye will not obey  the commandments  of the LORD  your God,  but turn aside  out of the way  which I command  you this day,  after  other  gods,  which ye have not known.  [29] And it shall come to pass, when the LORD  thy God  hath brought thee in  unto the land  whither thou goest  to possess  it, that thou shalt put  the blessing  upon mount  Gerizim,  and the curse  upon mount  Ebal.  [30] Are they not on the other side  Jordan,  by  the way  where the sun  goeth down,  in the land  of the Canaanites,  which dwell  in the champaign  over against  Gilgal,  beside  the plains  of Moreh?  [31] For ye shall pass over  Jordan  to go in  to possess  the land  which the LORD  your God  giveth  you, and ye shall possess  it, and dwell  therein. [32] And ye shall observe  to do  all the statutes  and judgments  which I set  before  you this day.