Deuteronomy 30:11-20

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Choose Life or Death

¹¹ This command I ·give [command] you today is not too hard for you; it is not ·beyond what you can do [far away]. ¹² It is not up in heaven. You do not have to ask, “Who will go up to heaven and get it for us so we can obey it and keep it?” ¹³ It is not on the other side of the sea. You do not have to ask, “Who will go across the sea and get it? Who will tell it to us so we can keep it?” ¹⁴ No, the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it [Rom. 10:6–8].

¹⁵ Look, today I offer you life and ·success [prosperity; good things], death and ·destruction [failure; bad things]. ¹⁶ I command you today to love the Lord your God, to ·do what he wants you to do [^Lwalk in his ways/paths], and to keep his commands, his ·rules [statutes; ordinances, requirements], and his laws. Then you will live and ·grow in number [multiply], and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to take as your ·own [possession].

¹⁷ But if you turn away from the Lord and do not ·obey [listen to] him, if you are led to bow and serve other gods, ¹⁸ I tell you today that you will surely be destroyed. And you will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to enter and ·take as your own [possess].

¹⁹ Today I ask heaven and earth to be witnesses. I am offering you life or death, blessings or curses. Now, choose life! Then you and your ·children [^Lseed] may live. ²⁰ To choose life is to love the Lord your God, ·obey him [listen to his voice], and ·stay close [cling] to him. He is your life, and he will let you live many years in the land, the land he ·promised [swore] to give your ·ancestors [fathers] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob [Gen. 12:1–3; 15:17–20].