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    Deuteronomy 30

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    The commandment is given an itinerary worthy of a cosmic courier: heaven first, then across the sea—only to be found already in the mouth and heart.

    Gathered from the farthest horizonvv. 1–10

    The chapter begins after blessing and curse have done their work among the nations. If the people and their children return to the LORD with all their heart and soul, He gathers them from every scattered place, even the farthest horizon, brings them into the land their fathers possessed, and prospers them there. The most striking surgery follows: the LORD circumcises the hearts of the people and their descendants, so that love and life may follow. The enemies receive the curses instead, while the people return to obedience and the LORD delights in their prosperity.

    Nothing to fetch from heavenvv. 11–20

    The commandment is declared neither difficult nor remote. No expedition must climb into heaven to retrieve it; no ship must cross the sea. The word is already very near, in the mouth and heart. Then the passage sets life beside death, prosperity beside disaster, blessing beside cursing, and gives the plainest instruction in the chapter: choose life. The final words name Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the fathers to whom the land was sworn.

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    1. Deut 30:1“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

    2. Deut 30:2and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,

    3. Deut 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.

    4. Deut 30:4Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.

    5. Deut 30:5And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.

    6. Deut 30:6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

    7. Deut 30:7Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.

    8. Deut 30:8And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.

    9. Deut 30:9So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,

    10. Deut 30:10if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

    11. Deut 30:11For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

    12. Deut 30:12It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’

    13. Deut 30:13And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’

    14. Deut 30:14But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.

    15. Deut 30:15See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster.

    16. Deut 30:16For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.

    17. Deut 30:17But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

    18. Deut 30:18I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

    19. Deut 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

    20. Deut 30:20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 254 passages were voted onto 20 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 19Deuteronomy 30:15See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, as well as death and disaster.
    • 19Deuteronomy 11:26See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
    • 6Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
    • 6Ezekiel 36:26–27I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
    • 19Psalms 119:30I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
    • 14Romans 10:8–10But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
    • 19Joshua 24:15–22But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
    • 19Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
    • 20John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
    • 6Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
    • 6Ezekiel 11:19–20And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
    • 19Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
    • 20Deuteronomy 10:20You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
    • 3Jeremiah 29:14I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
    • 20John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
    • 6Colossians 2:11In Him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of your sinful nature, with the circumcision performed by Christ and not by human hands.

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