11For these orders which I have given you today are not strange and secret, and are not far away.
12They are not in heaven, for you to say, Who will go up to heaven for us and give us knowledge of them so that we may do them?
13And they are not across the sea, for you to say, Who will go over the sea for us and give us news of them so that we may do them?
14But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
15See, I have put before you today, life and good, and death and evil;
16In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.
17But if your heart is turned away and your ear is shut, and you go after those who would make you servants and worshippers of other gods:
