Therefore thou shalt love the LORD
thy God
, and keep
his charge
, and his statutes
, and his judgments
, and his commandments
, alway
.
And know ye this day
: for I speak not with your children
which have not known
, and which have not seen
the chastisement
of the LORD
your God
, his greatness
, his mighty
hand
, and his stretched out
arm
,
And his miracles, and his acts
, which he did
in the midst
of Egypt
unto Pharaoh
the king
of Egypt
, and unto all his land
;
And what he did unto the army
of Egypt
, unto their horses
, and to their chariots
; how he made the water
of the Red
sea
to overflow
them
as they pursued
after
you, and how the LORD
hath destroyed
them unto this day
;
And what he did unto you in the wilderness
, until ye came
into this place
;
And what he did unto Dathan
and Abiram
, the sons
of Eliab
, the son
of Reuben
: how the earth
opened
her mouth
, and swallowed them up
, and their households
, and their tents
, and all the substance
that was in their possession
, in the midst
of all Israel
:
But your eyes have seen
all the great
acts
of the LORD
which he did
.
Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments
which
I command
you this day
, that ye may be strong
, and go in
and possess
the land
, whither ye go
to possess
it;
And that ye may prolong your days
in the land
, which the LORD
sware
unto your fathers
to give
unto them and to their seed
, a land
that floweth
with milk
and honey
.
For the land, whither thou goest in
to possess
it, is not as the land
of Egypt
, from whence ye came out
, where thou sowedst
thy seed
, and wateredst
it with thy foot
, as a garden
of herbs
:
But the land, whither ye go
to possess
it, is a land
of hills
and valleys
, and drinketh
water
of the rain
of heaven
:
A land which the LORD
thy God
careth for
: the eyes
of the LORD
thy God
are always
upon it, from the beginning
of the year
even unto the end
of the year
.
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently
unto my commandments
which I command
you this day
, to love
the LORD
your God
, and to serve
him with all your heart
and with all your soul
,
That I will give you the rain
of your land
in his due season
, the first rain
and the latter rain
, that thou mayest gather
in thy corn
, and thy wine
, and thine oil
.
And I will send grass
in thy fields
for thy cattle
, that thou mayest eat
and be full
.
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart
be not deceived
, and ye turn aside
, and serve
other
gods
, and worship
them;
And then the LORD'S wrath
be kindled
against you, and he shut up
the heaven
, that there be no rain
, and that the land
yield
not her fruit
; and lest ye perish
quickly
from off the good
land
which the LORD
giveth
you.
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words
in your heart
and in your soul
, and bind
them for a sign
upon your hand
, that they may be as frontlets
between your eyes
.
And ye shall teach them your children
, speaking
of them when thou sittest
in thine house
, and when thou walkest
by the way
, when thou liest
down, and when thou risest up
.
And thou shalt write them upon the door posts
of thine house
, and upon thy gates
:
That your days may be multiplied
, and the days
of your children
, in the land
which the LORD
sware
unto your fathers
to give
them, as the days
of heaven
upon the earth
.
For if ye shall diligently keep
all these commandments
which I command
you, to do
them, to love
the LORD
your God
, to walk
in all his ways
, and to cleave
unto him;
Then will the LORD drive out
all these nations
from before
you, and ye shall possess
greater
nations
and mightier
than yourselves.
Every place whereon the soles
of your feet
shall tread
shall be yours: from the wilderness
and Lebanon
, from the river
, the river
Euphrates
, even unto the uttermost
sea
shall your coast
be.
There shall no man be able to stand
before
you: for the LORD
your God
shall lay
the fear
of you and the dread
of you upon
all the land
that ye shall tread
upon, as he hath said
unto you.
Behold, I set
before
you this day
a blessing
and a curse
;
A blessing, if ye obey
the commandments
of the LORD
your God
, which I command
you this day
:
And a curse, if ye will not obey
the commandments
of the LORD
your God
, but turn aside
out of the way
which I command
you this day
, to go
after
other
gods
, which ye have not known
.
And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God
hath brought thee in
unto the land
whither thou goest
to possess
it, that thou shalt put
the blessing
upon mount
Gerizim
, and the curse
upon mount
Ebal
.
Are they not on the other side Jordan
, by
the way
where the sun
goeth down
, in the land
of the Canaanites
, which dwell
in the champaign
over against
Gilgal
, beside
the plains
of Moreh
?
For ye shall pass over Jordan
to go in
to possess
the land
which the LORD
your God
giveth
you, and ye shall possess
it, and dwell
therein.
And ye shall observe to do
all the statutes
and judgments
which I set
before
you this day
.