New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996
Deuteronomy 11
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Love the Lord your God. Do what he requires. Always obey his rules, laws and commands.
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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Remember today that your children weren't the ones the Lord your God taught and trained. They didn't see his majesty. They weren't in Egypt when he reached out his mighty hand and powerful arm.
Reference
References God
Deuteronomy 5:24
3
They didn't see the miraculous signs and the other things he did in Egypt. They didn't see what he did to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his whole country.
Reference
Parallel theme
Deuteronomy 7:19
4
They weren't there when he destroyed the army of Egypt and its horses and chariots. The Lord swept the waters of the Red Sea over the Egyptians while they were chasing you. He wiped them out forever.
Reference
Parallel theme
Psalm 106:11
5
Your children didn't see what he did for you in the desert before you arrived here.
6
They didn't see what he did to Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab. Eliab was from the tribe of Reuben. The earth opened its mouth right in the middle of the Israelite camp. It swallowed up Dathan and Abiram. It swallowed them up together with their families, tents and every living thing that belonged to them.
Reference
7
But with your own eyes you saw all of the great things the Lord has done.
8
So obey all of the commands I'm giving you today. Then you will be strong enough to go in and take over the land. You will go across the Jordan River and take it as your own.
Reference
9
You will live in the land for a long time. It's the land the Lord promised to give to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their children after them. He took an oath when he made that promise. It's a land that has plenty of 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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You will enter it and take it over. It isn't like the land of Egypt. That's where you came from. You planted your seeds there. You had to water them, just as you have to water a vegetable garden.
Reference
References Egypt
Zechariah 14:18
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But you will soon go across the Jordan River. The land you are going to take over has mountains and valleys in it. It drinks rain from heaven.
Reference
12
It's a land the Lord your God takes care of. His eyes always look on it with favor. He watches over it from the beginning of the year to its end.
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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So be faithful. Obey the commands the Lord your God is giving you today. Love him. 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
14
Then the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time. He'll send rain in the fall and in the spring. You will be able to gather your grain. You will also be able to make olive oil and fresh wine.
Reference
16
But be careful. Don't let anyone tempt you to do something wrong. Don't turn away and worship other gods. Don't bow down to 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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If you do, the Lord's anger will burn against you. He'll close up the sky. It won't rain. The ground won't produce its crops. Soon you will die. You won't live to enjoy the good land the Lord is giving 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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So keep my words in your hearts and minds. Write them down and tie them on your hands as a reminder. Also tie them on your foreheads.
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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Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home. Talk about them when you walk along the road. Speak about them when you go to bed. And speak about them when you get up.
Reference
20
Write them on the doorframes of your houses. Also write them on your gates.
Reference
Parallel theme
Deuteronomy 6:9
21
Then you and your children will live for a long time in the land. The Lord took an oath and promised to give the land to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Your family line will continue as long as the heavens remain above the earth.
Reference
22
So be careful. Obey all of the commands I'm giving you to follow. Love the Lord your God. Live exactly as he wants you to live. Remain true to him.
Reference
23
Then the Lord will drive out all of the nations to make room for you. They are larger and stronger than you are. But you will take their land.
Reference
24
Every place you walk on will belong to you. Your territory will go all the way from the desert to Lebanon. It will go from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.
Reference
25
No man will be able to stand up against you. The Lord your God will throw the whole land into a panic because of you. He'll do it everywhere you go, just as he promised you.
Reference
Parallel theme
Exodus 23:27
Deuteronomy 7:24
Joshua 1:5
Deuteronomy 2:25
References Lord
Joshua 5:1
Joshua 2:9
27
I'm giving you the commands of the Lord your God today. You will be blessed if you obey them.
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
But you will be cursed if you don't obey them. So don't turn away from the path I'm now commanding you to take. Don't worship other gods. You haven't known anything about them before.
Reference
Word
Galatians 3:10
29
The Lord your God will bring you into the land to take it over. When he does, you must announce the blessings from Mount Gerizim. You must announce the curses from Mount Ebal.
📍 Locations
30
As you know, those mountains are across the Jordan River. They are beyond the road that runs along the west side of the Jordan. They are near the large trees of Moreh. The mountains are in the territory of the Canaanites, who live in the Arabah Valley near Gilgal.
Reference
📍 Gilgal 1
31
You are about to go across the Jordan River. You will enter the land and take it over. The Lord your God is giving it to you. You will take it over and live there.
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.