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The Lord your God will make the labor of your hands[a] abundantly successful and multiply your children,[b] the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the Lord will once more[c] rejoice over you to make you prosperous[d] just as he rejoiced over your ancestors, 10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him[e] with your whole mind and being.

Exhortation to Covenant Obedience

11 “This commandment I am giving[f] you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:9 tc The MT reads “hand” (singular). Most versions read the plural.
  2. Deuteronomy 30:9 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV); NRSV “of your body.”
  3. Deuteronomy 30:9 tn Heb “return and.” The Hebrew verb is used idiomatically here to indicate the repetition of the following action.
  4. Deuteronomy 30:9 tn The Hebrew text includes “for good.”
  5. Deuteronomy 30:10 tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.
  6. Deuteronomy 30:11 tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you.”