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Deuteronomy 11:8-17

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8 "You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may 1be strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess,
9 and 2that you may live long in the land 3that the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, 4a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it,[a] like a garden of vegetables.
11 5But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven,
12 a land that the LORD your God cares for. 6The eyes of the LORD your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
13 "And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, 7to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
14 8he[b] will give the rain for your land in its season, 9the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.
15 10And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and 11you shall eat and be full.
16 Take care 12lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and 13serve other gods and worship them;
17 then 14the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and he 15will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and 16you will perish quickly off the good land that the LORD is giving you.
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Deuteronomy 11:8-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 11

In this chapter, the exhortation to love the Lord, and keep his commands, is repeated and urged again and again from various considerations; as not only from the chastisement of Pharaoh and the wicked Egyptians, but of such Israelites who offended the Lord, and transgressed his law, De 12:1-7, from the goodness and excellency of the land they were going to inherit, De 11:8-11, from the blessing of rain that would come upon it, and be productive of all good things for man and beast, in case of obedience, and a restraint of it in case of disobedience, De 11:12-17, from the continuance of them and their offspring in the land, should they be careful to observe the commands themselves, and teach them their children, De 11:18-21, and from the extensiveness of their conquests and dominions, De 11:22-25 and from the different issue and effects of their conduct and behaviour, a blessing upon them if obedient, but a curse if disobedient, De 11:26-28 and the chapter is concluded with an exhortation to pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal; the situation of which places is described when they should come into the land of Canaan, of which they are assured, De 11:29-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

  • 1. Deuteronomy 31:6, 7; Josh. 1:6, 7, 9, 18
  • 2. See Deuteronomy 4:40
  • 3. See Genesis 50:24
  • 4. Exodus 3:8
  • 5. Deuteronomy 8:7
  • 6. [1 Kings 9:3; Jeremiah 24:6]
  • 7. See Deuteronomy 6:5
  • 8. Deuteronomy 28:12; Leviticus 26:4
  • 9. [Job 29:23; Jeremiah 5:24; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23; James 5:7]
  • 10. Psalms 104:14
  • 11. Deuteronomy 6:11; [Joel 2:19]
  • 12. [Job 31:27]
  • 13. ver. 28; See Deuteronomy 6:14
  • 14. Deuteronomy 6:15
  • 15. 1 Kings 8:35; 2 Chronicles 6:26; 2 Chronicles 7:13; [Deuteronomy 28:23, 24; Leviticus 26:19, 20; Amos 4:7; Zechariah 14:17; Revelation 11:6]
  • 16. Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 30:18; Joshua 23:15, 16

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Hebrew watered it with your feet
  • [b]. Samaritan, Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew I; also verse 15
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