Deuteronomy 30:9-14

9 Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors,
10 if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

The Offer of Life or Death

11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”
13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”
14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

Deuteronomy 30:9-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 30

This chapter contains some gracious promises of the conversion of the Jews in the latter day, of their calling things to mind that have befallen them, of their repentance, and the circumcision of their hearts to love the Lord, of the return of them to their own land, and of the great increase of them, and of their enjoyment of plenty of good things, De 30:1-10; in it is an account of the Gospel, or word of faith, which at this time should be brought near to the Jews, and be received by them, De 30:11-14; and for the present Moses desires them to consider what he now set before them, and what would be the consequences of receiving or rejecting it, and so what it would be most proper for them to make choice of, De 30:15-20.

Cross References 10

  • 1. Deuteronomy 28:11; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 32:41; Jeremiah 42:10; Jeremiah 45:4
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 28:63
  • 3. S Deuteronomy 28:61
  • 4. S Deuteronomy 4:29
  • 5. Psalms 19:8; Isaiah 45:19,23; Isaiah 63:1
  • 6. Proverbs 30:4
  • 7. Romans 10:6*
  • 8. Job 28:14
  • 9. Romans 10:7*
  • 10. S Deuteronomy 6:6; Romans 10:8*
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