Deuteronomy 30:6-10

30:6 The Lord your God will also cleanse ¹  your heart and the hearts of your descendants ²  so that you may love him ³  with all your mind and being and so that you may live. 30:7 Then the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you and persecute you. 30:8 You will return and obey the Lord, keeping all his commandments I am giving ⁴  you today. 30:9 The Lord your God will make the labor of your hands ⁵  abundantly successful and multiply your children, ⁶  the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the Lord your God will once more ⁷  rejoice over you to make you prosperous ⁸  just as he rejoiced over your ancestors, 30:10 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 ⁹  with your whole mind and being.

[30:6]  ¹ tn Heb “circumcise” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “will give you and your descendents obedient hearts.” See note on the word “cleanse” in Deut 10:16.

[30:6]  ² tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).

[30:6]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.

[30:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I now enjoin on you.”

[30:9]  ⁵ tc The MT reads “hand” (singular). Most versions read the plural.

[30:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV); NRSV “of your body.”

[30:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “return and.” The Hebrew verb is used idiomatically here to indicate the repetition of the following action.

[30:9]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text includes “for good.”

[30:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.