Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Listen to Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Obedience and Discipline

1 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. 1
2 Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
3 the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land;
4 what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea [a] engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
5 what He did for you in the wilderness until you reached this place;
6 and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
7 For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.

Deuteronomy 11:1-7 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.

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Cross References 1

  • 1. (Deuteronomy 4:1–14)

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Or the Sea of Reeds
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