Deuteronomy Chapter 11

Moses exhorts to obedience

11:1 Then you will love YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
, and safegaurd His charge, and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commandments, always.
11:2 Y’all should know today that I don’t speak with your sons who haven’t known, and who haven’t seen the chastisement of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his out-stretched arm,
11:3 And His miracles, and His deeds, that He performed in the middle of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land ;
11:4 And what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots ; how He made the water of the Sea of Reeds to flow over them when they pursued you, and [how] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has destroyed them until this day ;
11:5 Also [you know] that which He did to you in the wilderness, until y’all came to this place ;
11:6 And what he did to Dathan (meaning belonging to a fountain) and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reubenרְאוּבֵן
or Reuven Standard Rəʾūven, meaning “behold, a son”. he was the first of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob’s oldest son) For more info click here
when the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance at their feet, in the middle of all Israel
11:7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
that He has done.
11:8 So shall y’all observe all the commandments which I command you today, that y’all may be strong, and go in and possess the land, which y’all are crossing, to possess it;
11:9 And so that y’all may prolong [your] days on the land, which YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
swore to your forefathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.
11:10 ¶ Because the land, where you go in to possess it, [is] not like the land of Egypt, that y’all left, where you sowed your seed, and watered [it] with your foot, like a garden of herbs
11:11 But the land, where y’all are crossing over to possess it, [is] a land of hills and valleys,  from the rain of the heavens it drinks water;
11:12 A land that YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
seeks out; the eyes of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
[are] always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
11:13 ¶ And it shall so happen, if y’all shall listen carefully to my commandments which I command you today, to love YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
11:14 Then I will give the rain of your land in its proper time, the early rain and the late rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your wine, and your oil.
11:15 And I will provide grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be satisfied.
11:16 Beware for yourselves, unless your heart be enticed, and y’all turn astray, and serve other gods, and worship them;
11:17 And [then] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
‘S anger  burned against you, and He shut up the heavens, so that there was no rain, and that the land yield not its fruit ; and y’all perish quickly from off the good land that YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
gives you.
11:18 Then shall y’all lay up these words of My upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for a sign on your arm, that they may be an ornament between your eyes.
11:19 And y’all shall teach them your sons, discussing them when you sit in your house, and when you walk on the pathדֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration:dereḵ Pronunciation:deh’-rek way, road, distance, journey, manner, path, direction For more info click here
, when you lie down, and when you get up.
11:20 And you will write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates
11:21 So that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your sons, in the land that YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has sworn to your forefathers to give them, like the days of the heaven over the earth.
11:22 Because if y’all shall diligently observe this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
, to walk in all His ways, and to adhere to Him
;
11:23 Then YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
will drive out all these nations from before you, and y’all shall drive out greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
11:24 Everyplace where the soles of your foot shall walk shall be yours from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, until to the Western Sea shall be your border.
11:25 No man shall stand up against you. YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
shall put the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that y’all shall walk on, like He has said to you.

A Blessing and a curse.


11:26 See, I place before you this day a blessing and a curse ;
11:27 A blessing, if y’all listen to the commandments of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
, which I command you today
11:28 And a curse, if y’all don’t listen the commandments of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
, but stray from the pathדֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration:dereḵ Pronunciation:deh’-rek way, road, distance, journey, manner, path, direction For more info click here
which I command you today, to go after other gods, which y’all didn’t known.Mount-Gerizim
11:29 And it shall so happen, when YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֶיךָ
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
brings y’all to the land where you go to possess it, that you will put the blessing on Mount Gerizim, and the curse on Mount Ebal.
11:30 Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, on the roadדֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration:dereḵ Pronunciation:deh’-rek way, road, distance, journey, manner, path, direction For more info click here
of the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites, which live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh ?
11:31 Because y’all are crossing the Jordan to go in to possess the land that YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohim אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
gives you, and y’all shall possess it, and live in it.
11:32 And y’all shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I place before you today.

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