Deuteronomy 11:9

9 Then you will live a long time in the land that the Lord promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a fertile land.

Deuteronomy 11:9 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:9

And that ye may prolong your days in the land
Not only enter it, and take possession of it, but continue in it long, which depended upon their obedience to the laws of God:

which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their
seed;
had promised with an oath, so that they might be assured of the enjoyment of it, though they could not be of their continuance in it, unless they obeyed the divine commands:

a land that floweth with milk and honey;
abounds with all good things, whose fruits are fat as milk, and sweet as honey; so the Targum of Jonathan.

Deuteronomy 11:9 In-Context

7 It was you who saw all these great things the Lord has done.

8 So obey all the commands I am giving you today so that you will be strong and can go in and take the land you are going to take as your own.

9 Then you will live a long time in the land that the Lord promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a fertile land.

10 The land you are going to take is not like Egypt, where you were. There you had to plant your seed and water it, like a vegetable garden, by using your feet.

11 But the land that you will soon cross the Jordan River to take is a land of hills and valleys, a land that drinks rain from heaven.