Choose life
Deuteronomy 30:19–20 — Meaning, Context and Bible Study
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Deuteronomy 30:19–20 WEB
19I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants, 20to love the LORD your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
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Context
At the end of his speeches Moses sets before Israel life and death, blessing and curse, and urges them to choose life by loving the LORD, obeying him and holding fast to him.