Deuteronomy 11:20-32
11:20 Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates
11:21 so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the
Lord promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.
11:22 For if you carefully observe all of these commandments
I am giving you
and love the
Lord your God, live according to his standards,
and remain loyal to him,
11:23 then he
will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
11:24 Every place you set your foot
will be yours; your border will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean Sea.
11:25 Nobody will be able to resist you; the
Lord your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.
Anticipation of a Blessing and Cursing Ceremony
11:26 Take note – I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
11:27 the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today,
11:28 and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.
11:29 When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
11:30 Are they not across the Jordan River, toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the oak of Moreh?
11:31 For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it.
11:32 Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.