Deuteronomy 30:17-20

30:17 However, if you ¹  turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods, 30:18 I declare to you this very day that you will certainly ²  perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. ³  30:19 Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live! 30:20 I also call on you ⁴  to love the Lord your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually ⁵  in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

[30:17]  ¹ tn Heb “your heart,” as a metonymy for the person.

[30:18]  ² tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “certainly.”

[30:18]  ³ tn Heb “to go there to possess it.”

[30:20]  ⁴ tn The words “I also call on you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 19-20 are one long sentence, which the translation divides into two.

[30:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “he is your life and the length of your days to live.”