The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:2
Knew ye ; take note of, ponder, lay to heart. The words that follow, for … seen, are a parenthesis thrown in by the speaker to attract the attention especially of the older generation, who had witnessed the acts of the Lord. The words, the chastisement , etc; are to be connected with know ye , as the object of the knowing, And know ye this day the chastisement , etc. Which have not known, and which have not seen ; supp . "what ye have known and seen." Your children ; those... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 11:1-12
EXPOSITION Moses here renews his exhortation to obedience, enforced by regard to their experience of God's dealings with them in Egypt and in the wilderness, and by consideration of God's promises and threatenings. The blessing and the curse are set before them consequent on the keeping or the transgressing of the Law. Israel was to love the Lord, and manifest this by the steadfast observance of all that he had enjoined upon them. read more