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I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;
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A Solemn, Cosmic Witness
When Moses calls "heaven and earth to witness," commentators explain this is a powerful rhetorical device to underscore the immense gravity of the choice. It functions like a formal, legal summons before the entire created order, highlighting that the decision between obedience (life) and disobedience (death) has cosmic significance and unavoidable consequences.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded (Deuteronomy 30:10–14); therefore, life and death, good and evil, are solemn…
16th Century
Protestant
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you. Though the verb is in the past tense, it indicates a present act. It is in order t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you Either, literally understood, the heavens above him, and the …
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