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Pentecost Season · Proper 10 · Year C

Deuteronomy 30:9-14

The Word Is Very Near You

July 16, 2028

Moses with the Ten Commandments, Rembrandt van Rijn
Moses with the Ten Commandments, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1659Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Rembrandt's Moses holds the tablets above his head, either to show them or to throw them down. The painting does not settle which, and the Hebrew is legible and correctly cut.Deuteronomy keeps returning to these words, to be kept and taught and bound on the hand, and this is the moment they arrive.Rembrandt van RijnRembrandt (1606-1669) painted scripture as if it had happened in a room he had been in, and returned to the same stories across forty years, changing his mind about them in public.Gemäldegalerie, BerlinBerlin's old-master gallery, with one of the great collections of European painting before 1800, rebuilt after the division and reunification of the city.Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 10:25-37Lk 10:25-37
EpistleCol. 1:1-14Col 1:1-14
Old TestamentAmos 7:7-17Am 7:7-17Alt. OTDeut. 30:9-14Dt 30:9-14
PsalterPs. 82Ps 82Alt. PsalmPs. 25:1-10Ps 25:1-10

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

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

Explains how Moses moves the law from an external burden to an internalized, near-at-hand word.

Deuteronomy 30:9-14 CommentaryDt 30:9-14 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

A preaching-focused reading of nearness as the passage's central promise.

Deuteronomy 30 Bible CommentaryDt 30 Bible Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the call to return and the nearness of the word.

Deuteronomy 30:9 CommentariesDt 30:9 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries verse by verse on the passage.

Deuteronomy 30 CommentaryDt 30 Commentary Precept Austin

A detailed inductive-study commentary with cross-references on the whole chapter.

Background & Word Study

Deuteronomy 30:9 InterlinearDt 30:9 Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the Hebrew behind 'in your mouth and in your heart' word by word.

Deuteronomy (video)Dt (video) BibleProject

Animated overview of Deuteronomy's covenant-renewal structure.

Deuteronomy 30:9-14 (Hebrew text)Dt 30:9-14 (Hebrew text) Sefaria

The Masoretic Hebrew text with facing translation for direct word study.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Deuteronomy 30Catena on Dt 30 Catena

Patristic comments on the nearness of the word and its fulfillment in Christ.

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