Ulangan 30:18-20

30:18 I declare to you this very day that you will certainly ¹  perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. ²  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 ³  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 ⁴  in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

[30:18]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “certainly.”

[30:18]  ² tn Heb “to go there to possess it.”

[30:20]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “he is your life and the length of your days to live.”