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Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Choose Life

February 15, 2026

Moses's Testament and Death, Luca Signorelli
Moses's Testament and Death, Luca Signorelli, 1481–82Sistine Chapel, Vatican
On the Sistine wall. Several episodes at once: Moses hands over to Joshua, reads the law to the people, and is shown the land he will not enter.See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity … Choose life so that you and your descendants may live.Luca SignorelliAn Umbrian painter obsessed with the nude figure in violent motion, whose Orvieto frescoes Michelangelo studied closely.Sistine Chapel, VaticanThe pope's chapel, where conclaves are held, decorated by Perugino, Botticelli and Ghirlandaio before Michelangelo was ever asked.Sistine Chapel, Vatican
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 5:21-37Mt 5:21-37
Epistle1 Cor. 3:1-91 Cor 3:1-9
Old TestamentDeut. 30:15-20Dt 30:15-20
PsalterPs. 119:1-8Ps 119:1-8

Overview & Insights

"I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life." (Deuteronomy 30:19)

At the close of the covenant, Moses sets before Israel a stark choice between life and death, blessing and curse, urged on by loving God and walking in his ways. The choice for life is renewed daily, not made once and forgotten.

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Commentary

Deuteronomy 30 CommentaryDt 30 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Walks through the choice of life and death verse by verse in plain language.

Deuteronomy 30 CommentaryDt 30 Commentary Precept Austin

Collects classic verse-by-verse commentary excerpts on the passage.

Deuteronomy 30:15 CommentariesDt 30:15 Commentaries BibleHub

Lines up multiple historic commentaries side by side on the opening verse.

Deuteronomy 30 (Gill's Exposition)Dt 30 (Gill's Exposition) StudyLight

Gives John Gill's full exposition of the choice set before Israel.

Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20Commentary on Dt 30:15-20 Working Preacher

The one Lutheran-tradition voice, reading the text as Moses's capstone appeal.

Background & Word Study

Deuteronomy 30:15 InterlinearDt 30:15 Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the underlying Hebrew word by word.

Book of Deuteronomy OverviewBook of Dt Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of how Deuteronomy's covenant renewal fits the Torah.

Deuteronomy 30:15-20Dt 30:15-20 Sefaria

Reads the passage in the original Hebrew alongside an English translation.

The Church Fathers

Deuteronomy 30Dt 30 Catena

Verse-by-verse comment from the Fathers on Deuteronomy 30.

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