Verse Lens · Context pointer
Deuteronomy 11:31 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 31. 31For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
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Role in This Section
Deuteronomy 11:31 restates crossing, possession, and settlement as imminent.
Read It With
- Deuteronomy 11:26–32
Read Deuteronomy 11:31 with 11:26–32. It restates crossing, possession, and settlement as imminent. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Moses sets blessing for obedience and curse for turning to other gods, locates their proclamation on Gerizim and Ebal, and closes the opening speeches with a call to do the statutes in the land.
Continue in Context
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Read Deuteronomy 11:26–32 — Blessing and Curse Are Set Before IsraelSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Deuteronomy 11:26–32, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Deuteronomy
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech and legal clauses, poetic lines, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Deut.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 11:26–32
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