Deuteronomy 30:5   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors.

Deuteronomy 30:6   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

Deuteronomy 30:7   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you.

Deuteronomy 30:8   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today.

Deuteronomy 30:9   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors,

Deuteronomy 30:10   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 30:11   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

Deuteronomy 30:12   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

It 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?"

Deuteronomy 30:13   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

Nor 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?"

Deuteronomy 30:14   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

Deuteronomy 30:15   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.

Deuteronomy 30:16   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, 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.

Deuteronomy 30:17   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

But 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,

Deuteronomy 30:18   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

I 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.

Deuteronomy 30:19   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

This day I call the heavens and the 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 live

Deuteronomy 30:20   (Read all of Deuteronomy 30)

and 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.

Deuteronomy 31:2   (Read all of Deuteronomy 31)

"I am now a hundred and twenty years old and I am no longer able to lead you. The Lord has said to me, 'You shall not cross the Jordan.'

Deuteronomy 31:3   (Read all of Deuteronomy 31)

The Lord your God himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will take possession of their land. Joshua also will cross over ahead of you, as the Lord said.

Deuteronomy 31:5   (Read all of Deuteronomy 31)

The Lord will deliver them to you, and you must do to them all that I have commanded you.

Deuteronomy 31:6   (Read all of Deuteronomy 31)

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."

Deuteronomy 31:7   (Read all of Deuteronomy 31)

Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you must go with this people into the land that the Lord swore to their ancestors to give them, and you must divide it among them as their inheritance.

Deuteronomy 31:8   (Read all of Deuteronomy 31)

The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."

Deuteronomy 31:11   (Read all of Deuteronomy 31)

when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing.

Deuteronomy 31:12   (Read all of Deuteronomy 31)

Assemble the people-men, women and children, and the foreigners residing in your towns-so they can listen and learn to fear the Lord your God and follow carefully all the words of this law.