Focused Passage

Deuteronomy 11:1-7

Love, Obedience, and the Land Held by the Rain of Heaven

From the appeal grounded in personally witnessed works (vv. 1-7) through the land-contrast establishing covenant dependency on the LORD's rain (vv. 8-12), through the blessing-and-curse pivot and the saturation-practices renewed (vv. 13-21), to the conquest promise conditional on holding fast (vv. 22-25), and finally to the blessing and curse formally set before Israel at the threshold of the land (vv. 26-32).

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

1 You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

2 Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;

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

4 what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;

5 what He did for you in the wilderness until you reached this place;

6 and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.

7 For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.

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References and Original Words

Verse 1

Original words

You shall therefore love וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ H157 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular - אֵ֖ת H853 Direct object marker the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular and always כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . הַיָּמִֽים׃ H3117 Article | Noun - masculine plural keep וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ H8104 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular His charge מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗וֹ H4931 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular His statutes וְחֻקֹּתָ֧יו H2708 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular His ordinances וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֛יו H4941 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and His commandments וּמִצְוֺתָ֖יו H4687 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 2

Original words

Know וִֽידַעְתֶּם֮ H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural this day הַיּוֹם֒ H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular that כִּ֣י׀ H3588 Conjunction it is not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle - אֶת־ H853 Preposition your children בְּנֵיכֶ֗ם H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural who אֲשֶׁ֤ר H834 Pronoun - relative . . . לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle have known יָדְעוּ֙ H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural and וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative . . . לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle seen רָא֔וּ H7200 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the discipline מוּסַ֖ר H4148 Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker His greatness גָּדְל֕וֹ H1433 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker His mighty הַחֲזָקָ֔ה H2389 Article | Adjective - feminine singular hand יָדוֹ֙ H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular and His outstretched הַנְּטוּיָֽה׃ H5186 Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular arm וּזְרֹע֖וֹ H2220 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 3

Original words

- וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker the signs אֹֽתֹתָיו֙ H226 Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular - וְאֶֽת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and works מַעֲשָׂ֔יו H4639 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative He did עָשָׂ֖ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular in בְּת֣וֹךְ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Egypt מִצְרָ֑יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular to Pharaoh לְפַרְעֹ֥ה H6547 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶֽלֶךְ־ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Egypt מִצְרַ֖יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular and all וּלְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct his land אַרְצֽוֹ׃ H776 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 4

Original words

what וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative He did עָשָׂה֩ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular to the Egyptian מִצְרַ֜יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular army לְחֵ֨יל H2428 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct and horses לְסוּסָ֣יו H5483 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and chariots וּלְרִכְבּ֗וֹ H7393 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular when אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative He made the waters מֵ֤י H4325 Noun - masculine plural construct of the Red סוּף֙ H5488 Noun - masculine singular Sea יַם־ H3220 Noun - masculine singular construct engulf הֵצִ֜יף H6687 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker - עַל־ H5921 Preposition them פְּנֵיהֶ֔ם H6440 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural as they pursued you בְּרָדְפָ֖ם H7291 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural . . . אַחֲרֵיכֶ֑ם H310 Preposition | second person masculine plural and [how] He יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular destroyed them completely וַיְאַבְּדֵ֣ם H6 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural even to עַ֖ד H5704 Preposition this day הַיּ֥וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular . . . הַזֶּֽה׃ H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • Or the Sea of Reeds
Verse 5

Original words

what וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative He did עָשָׂ֛ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular for you לָכֶ֖ם Preposition | second person masculine plural in the wilderness בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר H4057 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular until עַד־ H5704 Preposition you reached בֹּאֲכֶ֖ם H935 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural . . . עַד־ H5704 Preposition this הַזֶּֽה׃ H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular place הַמָּק֥וֹם H4725 Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 6

Original words

and what וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - relative He did עָשָׂ֜ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular in the midst בְּקֶ֖רֶב H7130 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular to Dathan לְדָתָ֣ן H1885 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular and Abiram וְלַאֲבִירָ֗ם H48 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular the sons בְּנֵ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of Eliab אֱלִיאָב֮ H446 Noun - proper - masculine singular the Reubenite בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . רְאוּבֵן֒ H7205 Noun - proper - masculine singular when אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative the earth הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker opened פָּצְתָ֤ה H6475 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular its mouth פִּ֔יהָ H6310 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular and swallowed them וַתִּבְלָעֵ֥ם H1104 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker their households בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם H1004 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker their tents אָהֳלֵיהֶ֑ם H168 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and וְאֵ֤ת H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker every כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct living thing הַיְקוּם֙ H3351 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative that belonged to them בְּרַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם H7272 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 7

Original words

For [it is] כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction your own eyes עֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ H5869 Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural [that] have seen הָֽרֹאֹ֔ת H7200 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker every כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct great הַגָּדֹ֑ל H1419 Article | Adjective - masculine singular work מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה H4639 Noun - masculine singular construct that אֲשֶׁ֖ר H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has done עָשָֽׂה׃ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular

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