Deuteronomy 11:8-12

New American Standard Bible

⁸“You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, ^(A)so that you may be strong and go in and take possession of the land into which you are about to cross to possess it; ⁹and ^(B)so that you may prolong your days on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their ^[a]descendants, ^(C)a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it ^[b]by your foot like a vegetable garden. ¹¹But ^(D)the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven, ¹²a land for which the Lord your God cares; ^(E)the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it, from the ^[c]beginning even to the end of the year.

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Footnotes

Deuteronomy 11:9 Lit seed
Deuteronomy 11:10 I.e., use of foot to facilitate irrigation
Deuteronomy 11:12 Lit beginning of the year

Deuteronomy 11:8-12

New King James Version

⁸“Therefore you shall keep every commandment which I command you today, that you may ^(A)be strong, and go in and possess the land which you cross over to possess, ⁹and ^(B)that you may prolong your days in the land ^(C)which the Lord ^[a]swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, ^(D)‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’ ¹⁰For the land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden; ¹¹^(E)but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven, ¹²a land for which the Lord your God cares; ^(F)the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.