11. “This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, and it is not beyond your reach.
12. It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you must ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it and obey?’
13. It is not kept beyond the sea, so far away that you must ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to bring it to us so we can hear it and obey?’
14. No, the message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart so that you can obey it.
15. “Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster.
16. For I command you this day to love the lord your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the lord your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.
17. “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods,
18. then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.