Ulangan 11:12

11:12 a land the Lord your God looks after. ¹  He is constantly attentive to it ²  from the beginning to the end of the year. ³ 

Ulangan 27:1

The Assembly at Shechem

27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments ⁴  I am giving ⁵  you today.

Ulangan 28:24

28:24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Ulangan 32:44

Narrative Interlude

32:44 Then Moses went with Joshua ⁶  son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.

[11:12]  ¹ tn Heb “seeks.” The statement reflects the ancient belief that God (Baal in Canaanite thinking) directly controlled storms and rainfall.

[11:12]  ² tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it” (so NIV); NASB, NRSV “always on it.”

[11:12]  sn Constantly attentive to it. This attention to the land by the Lord is understandable in light of the centrality of the land in the Abrahamic covenant (cf. Gen 12:1, 7; 13:15; 15:7, 16, 18; 17:8; 26:3).

[11:12]  ³ sn From the beginning to the end of the year. This refers to the agricultural year that was marked by the onset of the heavy rains, thus the autumn. See note on the phrase “the former and the latter rains” in v. 14.

[27:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the whole commandment.” See note at 5:31.

[27:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 10).

[32:44]  ⁶ tn Heb “Hoshea” (so KJV, ASV), another name for the same individual (cf. Num 13:8, 16).