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Deuteronomy, 30

1. When these things come upon you according to this blessing and this curse that I have set before you, you will recall them among the nations where Yahweh, your God, has driven you.

2. Then you will return to him, you and your children; you will listen to his voice with all your heart and with all your soul, obeying all that I command you today.

3. So Yahweh, your God, will bring back the captives of your people, he will have pity on you, and will gather you again from all the nations where Yahweh has scattered you.

4. Though you are driven out at the other end of the earth,

5. Yahweh will gather you even from there, and will take you once again to the land which your fathers possessed so that it may also be yours. He will make you happy and make you more numerous than your fathers.

6. Yahweh, your God, will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants that you may love Yahweh with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live.

7. So Yahweh, your God, will inflict all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.

8. You shall again listen to Yahweh and put into practice all his commandments that I give you today.

9. Yahweh, your God, will make you succeed in everything you do. He will multiply for your good your children, the offspring of your livestock and the fruits of your land. For Yahweh will again be pleased to treat you well, as he did your fathers.

10. For you shall turn to Yahweh, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul, and observe his commandments and norms, in a word, everything written in this book of the Law.

11. These commandments that I give you today are neither too high nor too far for you.

12. They are not in heaven that you should say: "Who will go up to heaven to get these commandments that we may hear them and put them into practice."

13. Neither are they at the other side of the sea for you to say: "Who will cross to the other side and bring them to us, that we may hear them and put them into practice."

14. On the contrary, my word is very near you; it is already in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can put it into practice.

15. See, I set before you on this day life and good, evil and death.

16. I command you to love Yahweh, your God and follow his ways. Observe his commandments, his norms and his laws, and you will live and increase, and Yahweh will give you his blessing in the land you are going to possess.

17. But if your heart turns away and does not listen, if you are drawn away and bow before other gods to serve them,

18. I declare on this day that you shall perish. You shall not last in the land you are going to occupy on the other side of the Jordan.

19. Let the heavens and the earth listen, that they may be witnesses against you. I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life that you and your descendants may live,

20. loving Yahweh, listening to his voice, and being one with him. In this is life for you and length of days in the land which Yahweh swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."

Verses related to Deuteronomy, 30:

Deuteronomy 30 presents the choice between blessing and curse, with God encouraging His people to choose life and obey their law. Following are five verses related to the topics covered in this chapter:

Proverbs 10:16: "The righteous wages is life, and the wicked performance is sin." This verse relates to the choice between the blessing and the curse presented in Deuteronomy 30, encouraging the people to choose life and follow the righteous path.

Joshua 24:15: "But if, they do not like to serve the Lord, choose today to those who will serve, whether to the gods their ancestors have served beyond the Euphrates, or to the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. My family and I will serve the Lord. " In this verse Joshua encourages the people to choose to serve the Lord and to obey their law, which is similar to what is addressed in Deuteronomy 30.

Proverbs 3:1-2: "My Son, do not forget my instruction, but keep my commandments in their hearts, for they will prolong your life for many years and give you prosperity and peace." This verse reinforces the idea that following God's law leads to life and prosperity, which are blessings promised in Deuteronomy 30.

Deuteronomy 10:12-13: "And now, O Israel, that the Lord, your God, asks you? He only demands that you fear him and follow all his ways, to love Him, serve the Lord, His God, with all his heart and with all the soul, and obey his commandments and laws that I give them today, for his own good. " This verse relates to the choice between the blessing and the curse presented in Deuteronomy 30, encouraging the people to follow God's ways and obey their law so that they can experience the promised blessing.

Deuteronomy 11:26-28: "Today I put before you the blessing and the curse: the blessing, if they obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, which today I give them; the curse, to disobey themselves to the commandments of the Lord, their own God, and move away from the path that I command them today to follow, to follow other gods they do not know. " This verse is a direct reference to the main theme of Deuteronomy 30, emphasizing the choice that the people have before themselves and the consequences of their choices.





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