Reiteration of the Call to Obedience

11:1 You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments1 at all times. 11:2 Bear in mind today that I am not speaking2 to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments3 of the Lord your God, which revealed4 his greatness, strength, and power.5 11:3 They did not see6 the awesome deeds he performed7 in the midst of Egypt against Pharaoh king of Egypt and his whole land, 11:4 or what he did to the army of Egypt, including their horses and chariots, when he made the waters of the Red Sea8 overwhelm them while they were pursuing you and he9 annihilated them.10 11:5 They did not see11 what he did to you in the desert before you reached this place, 11:6 or what he did to Dathan and Abiram,12 sons of Eliab the Reubenite,13 when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp14 and swallowed them, their families,15 their tents, and all the property they brought with them.16 11:7 I am speaking to you17 because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!