New American Standard Bible 2020

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

11“For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away. 12It is not in heaven, 1that you could say, ‘2Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us, and proclaim it to us, so that we may 3follow it?’ 13Nor is it beyond the sea, 4that you could say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and get it for us and proclaim it to us, so that we may 5follow it?’ 14On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may 6follow it.

15“See, 7I have placed before you today life and 8happiness, and death and 9adversity, 16in that I am commanding you today 10to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you 11may live and become numerous, and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to take possession of it. 17But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but allow yourself to be led astray and you worship other gods and serve them, 18I declare to you today that 12you will certainly perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter 13and take possession of it. 19 14I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, 15the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your 16descendants, 20 17by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and 18by holding close to Him; 19for 20this is your life and the length of your days, 21so that you may live in 22the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

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Notes

1. Deuteronomy 30:12 Lit to say ↩
2. Deuteronomy 30:12 Rom 10:6-8 ↩
3. Deuteronomy 30:12 Lit perform ↩
4. Deuteronomy 30:13 Lit to say ↩
5. Deuteronomy 30:13 Lit perform ↩
6. Deuteronomy 30:14 Lit perform ↩
7. Deuteronomy 30:15 Deut 11:26 ↩
8. Deuteronomy 30:15 Lit good ↩
9. Deuteronomy 30:15 Lit evil ↩
10. Deuteronomy 30:16 Deut 6:5 ↩
11. Deuteronomy 30:16 Deut 4:1; 30:19 ↩
12. Deuteronomy 30:18 Deut 4:26; 8:19 ↩
13. Deuteronomy 30:18 Lit to ↩
14. Deuteronomy 30:19 Deut 4:26 ↩
15. Deuteronomy 30:19 Deut 30:1 ↩
16. Deuteronomy 30:19 Lit seed ↩
17. Deuteronomy 30:20 Deut 6:5 ↩
18. Deuteronomy 30:20 Deut 10:20 ↩
19. Deuteronomy 30:20 Deut 4:1; 32:47; Acts 17:25, 28 ↩
20. Deuteronomy 30:20 Lit that ↩
21. Deuteronomy 30:20 Lit to dwell ↩
22. Deuteronomy 30:20 Gen 12:7; 17:1-8 ↩

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