12. It is not in the heavens, that you should say, “Who will go up to the heavens to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may do it?”
13. Nor is it across the sea, that you should say, “Who will cross the sea to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may do it?”
14. No, it is something very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to do it.
15. See, I have today set before you life and good, death and evil.
16. If you obey the commandments of the Lord, your God, which I am giving you today, loving the Lord, your God, and walking in his ways, and keeping his commandments, statutes and ordinances, you will live and grow numerous, and the Lord, your God, will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
17. If, however, your heart turns away and you do not obey, but are led astray and bow down to other gods and serve them,
18. I tell you today that you will certainly perish; you will not have a long life on the land which you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.