Deuteronomy 11:1

CHAPTER XI

The people are exhorted to obedience from a consideration of

God's goodness to their fathers in Egypt, 1-4,

and what he did in the wilderness, 5,

and the judgment on Dathan and Abiram, 6,

and from the mercies of God in general, 7-9.

A comparative description of Egypt and Canaan, 19-12.

Promises to obedience, 13-15.

Dissuasives from idolatry, 16,17.

The words of God to be laid up in their hearts, to be for a sign

on their hands, foreheads, gates, c., 18,

taught to their children, made the subject of frequent

conversation, to the end that their days may be multiplied,

19-21.

If obedient, God shall give them possession of the whole land,

and not one of their enemies shall be able to withstand them,

22-25.

Life and death, a blessing and a curse, are set before them,

26-28.

The blessings to be put on Mount Gerizim and the curses on Mount

Ebal, 29, 30.

The promise that they should pass over Jordan, and observe these

statutes in the promised land, 31, 32.

NOTES ON CHAP. XI

Verse Deuteronomy 11:1. Thou shalt love the Lord] Because without this there could be no obedience to the Divine testimonies, and no happiness in the soul for the heart that is destitute of the love of God, is empty of all good, and consequently miserable. Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 10:12.