John Calvin Commentary Deuteronomy 11:5

"and what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came unto this place;" — Deuteronomy 11:5 (ASV)

And what he did to you. These things will be spoken of in their proper place in the regular course of the history, from which my method of teaching has compelled me to wander a little.

For Moses, to heighten the authority of the Law, concisely sets before them the circumstances that had occurred in the desert, partly so that God’s judgments might alarm them by their severity, and partly so that His mercies might draw their minds toward Him by their graciousness.

Finally, he concludes by saying that he does not speak of unknown things, but that he merely recalled to their recollection the works of God of which they themselves had been spectators.