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Return · Heart · Near word · Life Every step opens the verse it rests on.

BeginningBlessing and curse have come to mind among the nations where Israel was scattered.It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind… — Deuteronomy 30:1 · WEB

In the commentaryHe Will Circumcise Your Heart

Return to the LORD with heart and soul

1 Return and obey

Gathered · restored · fruitful

The LORD gathers his peopleWhen Israel returns and obeys, the compassionate LORD gathers the people from exile, restores them to the land, and makes them fruitful.that then Yahweh your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where Yahweh… — Deuteronomy 30:2–5 · WEB

In the commentaryHe Will Circumcise Your Heart

2 Receive a renewed heart

Love · life · restored blessing

Love the LORD and liveThe LORD circumcises the heart so the people may love him and live. Returning obedience is met with restored covenant blessing.Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that… — Deuteronomy 30:6–10 · WEB

In the commentaryHe Will Circumcise Your Heart

3 The word is near

Not heaven · not beyond sea

Do what is within reachThe command is not inaccessible in heaven or beyond the sea. The word is very near—in mouth and heart—so that Israel may do it.But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it. — Deuteronomy 30:11–14 · WEB

In the commentaryChoose Life

All Choose life

Love · obey · cling

Take the path of covenant lifeLife and good, death and evil stand before Israel. Choose life by loving the LORD, obeying his voice, and clinging to him.Behold, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and evil. — Deuteronomy 30:15–20 · WEB

In the commentaryChoose Life

Choose life for future generationsI call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life… — Deuteronomy 30:19–20 · WEB

In the commentaryChoose Life

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