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Deuteronomy 30:11-14

The Offer of Life or Death

11Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.12It 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?”13Nor 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?”14No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

15See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.16For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

17But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,18I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

19This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live20and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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Kofu - (eBible Mentor) 9 months ago.

"Not hidden, nor is it far, but the word is very nigh." - This seems the strongest OT support for the idea that all of us have access to that of God, without needing or wanting anyone else between. And it's in a powerful part of the story, not buried in an obscure passage. Paul discusses it, re-presents it in Romans 10:5-10, which was addressed to the Jewish/Christian community in Rome, so this bit came close to their core understanding of the commandments.