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The Choice of Life or Death

11 This commandment which I am commanding you today is not hidden from you, nor is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will go up for us to heaven and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and do it?” 13 It is not beyond the sea, so that you should say, “Who shall go over the sea for us and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and do it?” 14 But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, so that you may do it.

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11 “For this commandment that I am commanding you today[a] is not too wonderful for you,[b] and it is not too far from you. 12 It is not in the heavens so that you might say,[c] ‘Who will go up for us to the heavens and get it for us and cause us to hear it, so that we may do it?’ 13 And it is not beyond the sea,[d] so that you might say,[e] ‘Who will cross for us to the other side of the sea and take it for us and cause us to hear it, so that we may do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, even in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:11 Literally “the day”
  2. Deuteronomy 30:11 Literally “not is wonderful it from you”
  3. Deuteronomy 30:12 Literally “to say”
  4. Deuteronomy 30:13 Literally “is not from beyond the sea”
  5. Deuteronomy 30:13 Literally “to say”
  6. Deuteronomy 30:14 Literally “to do it”