Deuteronomy 11:1–9

Rewards of Obedience

1 “You shall therefore alove the Lord your God, and always bkeep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

2 “Know this day athat I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the 1discipline of the Lord your God—His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm,

3 and aHis signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land;

4 and what He did to Egypt’s army, to its horses and its chariots, awhen He made the water of the 1Red Sea to 2engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the Lord 3completely destroyed them;

5 and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place;

6 and awhat He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and bevery living thing that 1followed them, among all Israel—

7 but your own eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which He did.

8 “You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, aso that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it;

9 aso that you may prolong your days on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their 1descendants, ba land flowing with milk and honey.