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Deuteronomy 30:10-14

The Word Is Very Near You

July 16, 2028

Moses Shows the Israelites the Tablets of the Law, Ferdinand Bol
Moses Shows the Israelites the Tablets of the Law, Ferdinand Bol, 1662
Bol presents the tablets to a crowd rather than to the viewer, so the painting is about reception as much as revelation.I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life: the reading is the law being put to the people as a decision.Ferdinand BolA pupil of Rembrandt who imitated him closely, then softened into a lighter style and married into enough money to stop painting.
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 10:25-37Lk 10:25-37
Second ReadingCol. 1:15-20Col 1:15-20
First ReadingDeut. 30:10-14Dt 30:10-14
Responsorial PsalmPs. 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36a, 37 (cf. 33)Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36a, 37 (cf. 33) orPs. 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (9a)Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 (9a)

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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Commentary

Deuteronomy 30 CommentaryDt 30 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse treatment of the nearness of God's word.

Deuteronomy 30:10 CommentariesDt 30:10 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentary on the accessibility of the command.

Deuteronomy 30 (Barnes' Notes)Dt 30 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight

Detailed notes on the covenant renewal and its terms.

Deuteronomy 30 CommentaryDt 30 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse-by-verse word study of the call to obedience.

Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:9-14Commentary on Dt 30:9-14 Working Preacher

Reads Moses' rhetoric as making the command genuinely within reach.

Deuteronomy 30:10 InterlinearDt 30:10 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew interlinear for the nearness of the command.

Background & Word Study

DeuteronomyDt BibleProject

Overview of Deuteronomy's covenant renewal structure.

Deuteronomy 30:10-14 (Hebrew/English)Dt 30:10-14 (Hebrew/English) Sefaria

Hebrew text alongside translation for the passage.

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