Pentecost Season · Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C
Deuteronomy 30:10-14
The Word Is Very Near You
July 16, 2028
Overview & Insights
"The word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe." (Deuteronomy 30:14)
Moses assures Israel that God's commandment is not too hard or too far away, hidden in heaven or across the sea, but near and knowable, so that obedience is genuinely possible. The passage promises renewed blessing when the people return to the Lord with heart and soul.
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Deuteronomy 30 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse-by-verse treatment of the nearness of God's word.
Deuteronomy 30:10 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentary on the accessibility of the command.
Deuteronomy 30 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Detailed notes on the covenant renewal and its terms.
Deuteronomy 30 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse-by-verse word study of the call to obedience.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:9-14 Working Preacher
Reads Moses' rhetoric as making the command genuinely within reach.
Deuteronomy 30:10 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew interlinear for the nearness of the command.
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