Deuteronomy 11 in the early church
19 passages quote, allude to, or echo Deuteronomy 11, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 4 · 10 · 12 · 14 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 26 · 27 · 29
Deuteronomy 11:4
what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:4 | Deuteronomy, lines 27–52 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, medium confidence | early 5th cent. |
Deuteronomy 11:10
For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:10 | Homilies on Psalms 36-38 1.2 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Deut 11:10 | Letter 46.2 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Deuteronomy 11:12
It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:12 | Demonstration 20.2 · Aphrahat | quotation, high confidence | 337-345 |
Deuteronomy 11:14
then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:14 | Oration 16.20 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, high confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Deut 11:14 | Oration 18.41 · Gregory of Nazianzus | echo, low confidence | ca. 362–383 |
| Deut 11:14 | Letter 46.2 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Deuteronomy 11:16
But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:16 | Recognitions 2.45 · Anonymous | quotation, medium confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
Deuteronomy 11:17
or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:17 | Oration 16.18 · Gregory of Nazianzus | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 362–383 |
Deuteronomy 11:18
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:18 | Dialogue with Trypho 46.5 · Justin Martyr | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Deut 11:18–20 | Liber Orsiesii 51 · Orsiesius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Deuteronomy 11:26
See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:26 | Against Marcion 4.15 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 11:26 | Against Marcion 5.3 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | 207/208 (third edition, completed later) |
| Deut 11:26–27 | On Saint Athanasius 1.6 · Lucifer of Cagliari | quotation, high confidence | ca. 356–361 |
| Deut 11:26 | Eleven Tractates 10.135 · Priscillian | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380–385 |
Deuteronomy 11:27
a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:27 | Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting 2 · Tertullian | quotation, high confidence | ca. 211–213 |
Deuteronomy 11:29
When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deut 11:29 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment XXVI (on Deut 27) · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, high confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Deut 11:29 | Commentary on John 13.81 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Deut 11:29 | Panarion (Adversus Haereses), Haer. 1-64 9.2.5 · Epiphanius of Salamis | allusion, high confidence | 374-377 |