Deuteronomy 11:13-21

Expanded Bible

¹³ If you carefully ·obey [^Llisten to] the commands I am ·giving [commanding] you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with ·your whole being [^Lall your heart/mind and all your soul], ¹⁴ then he^[a] will send rain on your land at the right time, in the ·fall [^Learly rain] and ·spring [^Llate rain], and you will be able to gather your grain, new wine, and oil. ¹⁵ He^[b] will put grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will have plenty to eat.

¹⁶ Be careful, or you will be ·fooled [tricked; deceived; seduced] and will turn away to serve and worship other gods. ¹⁷ If you do, the Lord will become angry with you and will ·shut [close up] the heavens so it will not rain [1 Kin. 17:1]. Then the land will not ·grow [produce] crops, and you will soon ·die [perish] in the good land the Lord is giving you. ¹⁸ ·Remember my words with your whole being [^LPut these words of mine on your hearts/minds and on your soul]. ·Write them down and tie [^LBind] them to your hands as a sign; tie them ·on your foreheads [^Lbetween your eyes] ·to remind you [as an emblem/headband/frontlet; 6:8]. ¹⁹ Teach them well to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. ²⁰ Write them on ·your doors [^Lthe lintels/doorposts of your house] and gates ²¹ so that both you and your children will live a long time in the land the Lord promised your ·ancestors [fathers], as long as the ·skies [heavens] are above the earth.