Deu 11:7-8 | NETfull | STEP | I am speaking to you because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord !

Deuteronomy 11:7-8

7 I am speaking to you ^{▼▼ On the addition of these words in the translation see note on “They did not see” in v. 3.} because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!

The Abundance of the Land of Promise

8 Now pay attention to all the commandments ^{▼▼ Heb “the commandment.” The singular מִצְוָה (mitsvah, “commandment”) speaks here as elsewhere of the whole corpus of covenant stipulations in Deuteronomy (cf. 6:1, 25; 7:11; 8:1).} I am giving ^{▼▼ Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in vv. 13, 27).} you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed, ^{▼▼ Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”}