## Deuteronomy Chapter 30

###### Deuteronomy 30:1
[Deuteronomy 30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:1)

וְהָיָה֩ כִֽי־יָבֹ֨אוּ עָלֶ֜יךָ כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה הַבְּרָכָה֙ וְהַקְּלָלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֙ אֶל־לְבָבֶ֔ךָ בְּכׇ֨ל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֧ר הִדִּיחֲךָ֛ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ שָֽׁמָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When it happens that there come upon you all these statements, the blessing and the curse that I have set before you; and you will restore to your perception amid all the nations where Adonoy, your God, has exiled you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, into which the Lord thy God has driven thee,

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it shall be, when there are come upon you all of these things, the blessing and the curse that I have placed before you, and you return unto your hearts among all the nations whereunto the L-rd your G-d has driven you,


###### Deuteronomy 30:2
[Deuteronomy 30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:2)

וְשַׁבְתָּ֞ עַד־יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣ בְקֹל֔וֹ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּ֑וֹם אַתָּ֣ה וּבָנֶ֔יךָ בְּכׇל־לְבָבְךָ֖ וּבְכׇל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You will return to Adonoy, your God, and obey Him exactly as I am commanding you today, you and your sons, wholeheartedly and with your whole being.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and shalt return to the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you return to the L-rd your G-d and you heed His voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul,


###### Deuteronomy 30:3
[Deuteronomy 30:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:3)

וְשָׁ֨ב יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֶת־שְׁבוּתְךָ֖ וְרִחֲמֶ֑ךָ וְשָׁ֗ב וְקִבֶּצְךָ֙ מִכׇּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֱפִֽיצְךָ֛ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ שָֽׁמָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy, your God, will bring back your returnees and will be merciful toward you; and He will return and gather you from all the peoples that Adonoy, your God, has dispersed you there.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, amongst whom the Lord thy God has scattered thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then the L-rd your G-d will return with your captivity, [the Shechinah, as it were, having shared with Israel the suffering of the exile], and He shall have mercy upon you, and He shall return and gather you from all the peoples whereunto the L-rd your G-d has dispersed you.


###### Deuteronomy 30:4
[Deuteronomy 30:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:4)

אִם־יִהְיֶ֥ה נִֽדַּחֲךָ֖ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם מִשָּׁ֗ם יְקַבֶּצְךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וּמִשָּׁ֖ם יִקָּחֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
If your exiled one will be at the edge of the heavens, from there will Adonoy, your God, gather you and from there will He take you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thy outcasts be at the utmost parts of heaven, from there will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from there will he fetch thee:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If your cast-off ones be in the end of the heavens, from there the L-rd your G-d will gather you and from there He will take you.


###### Deuteronomy 30:5
[Deuteronomy 30:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:5)

וֶהֱבִיאֲךָ֞ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אֶל־הָאָ֛רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יָרְשׁ֥וּ אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֑הּ וְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֥ וְהִרְבְּךָ֖ מֵאֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And Adonoy, your God, will bring you to the land that your forefathers inherited and you will inherit it; and He will benefit you and multiply you more than your forefathers.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee more than thy fathers.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd your G-d will bring you to the land which your forefathers inherited, and you will inherit it. And He shall do good unto you, and He shall increase you even more than your fathers.


###### Deuteronomy 30:6
[Deuteronomy 30:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:6)

וּמָ֨ל יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֶת־לְבָבְךָ֖ וְאֶת־לְבַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ בְּכׇל־לְבָבְךָ֥ וּבְכׇל־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ לְמַ֥עַן חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And Adonoy, your God, will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love Adonoy, your God, wholeheartedly and with all your being in order that you live.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayst live.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd your G-d will circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed to love the L-rd your G-d with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you live.


###### Deuteronomy 30:7
[Deuteronomy 30:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:7)

וְנָתַן֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הָאָל֖וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה עַל־אֹיְבֶ֥יךָ וְעַל־שֹׂנְאֶ֖יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר רְדָפֽוּךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy, your God, will place all these oath-curses upon your enemies and upon your foes who chased you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thy enemies, and on them who hate thee, who persecuted thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd your G-d will place all these curses on your foes and on your haters, who pursued you.


###### Deuteronomy 30:8
[Deuteronomy 30:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:8)

וְאַתָּ֣ה תָשׁ֔וּב וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ בְּק֣וֹל יְהֹוָ֑ה וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ אֶת־כׇּל־מִצְוֺתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּֽוֹם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And you will turn back and obey Adonoy; and you will perform all His commandments that I am commanding you today.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you will return and you will hearken to the voice of the L-rd, and you will do all of His mitzvoth that I command you this day.


###### Deuteronomy 30:9
[Deuteronomy 30:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:9)

וְהוֹתִֽירְךָ֩ יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ בְּכֹ֣ל**׀** מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֶ֗ךָ בִּפְרִ֨י בִטְנְךָ֜ וּבִפְרִ֧י בְהֶמְתְּךָ֛ וּבִפְרִ֥י אַדְמָתְךָ֖ לְטֹבָ֑ה כִּ֣י**׀** יָשׁ֣וּב יְהֹוָ֗ה לָשׂ֤וּשׂ עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ לְט֔וֹב כַּאֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֖שׂ עַל־אֲבֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy, your God, will give you surplus in all your endeavors, in the fruit of your belly, and in the offspring of your animals, and in the produce of your soil—for benefit; for Adonoy will return to rejoice over you for benefit as He rejoiced over your forefathers.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd your G-d will increase you in all the work of your hands, in the fruit of your womb, and in the fruit of your beasts, and in the fruit of your land for the good. For the L-rd will return to rejoice over you for the good as He rejoiced over your fathers.


###### Deuteronomy 30:10
[Deuteronomy 30:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:10)

כִּ֣י תִשְׁמַ֗ע בְּקוֹל֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֤ר מִצְוֺתָיו֙ וְחֻקֹּתָ֔יו הַכְּתוּבָ֕ה בְּסֵ֥פֶר הַתּוֹרָ֖ה הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י תָשׁוּב֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכׇל־לְבָבְךָ֖ וּבְכׇל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When you obey Adonoy, your God, to guard His commandments and His statutes, written in this Torah scroll; when you turn back to Adonoy, your God, wholeheartedly and with all your being.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if thou shalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the Tora, and if thou turn to the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If you heed the voice of the L-rd your G-d to keep His mitzvoth and His statutes which are written in this Torah scroll, if you return to the L-rd your G-d with all your heart and with all your soul.


###### Deuteronomy 30:11
[Deuteronomy 30:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:11)

כִּ֚י הַמִּצְוָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּ֑וֹם לֹא־נִפְלֵ֥את הִוא֙ מִמְּךָ֔ וְלֹ֥א רְחֹקָ֖ה הִֽוא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
For this *mitzvah* that I am commanding you today; it is not abstruse to you nor is it distant.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For this mitzvah which I command you this day is not concealed from you and it is not far off.


###### Deuteronomy 30:12
[Deuteronomy 30:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:12)

לֹ֥א בַשָּׁמַ֖יִם הִ֑וא לֵאמֹ֗ר מִ֣י יַעֲלֶה־לָּ֤נוּ הַשָּׁמַ֙יְמָה֙ וְיִקָּחֶ֣הָ לָּ֔נוּ וְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּ אֹתָ֖הּ וְנַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
It is not in heaven, [for you] to say, ‘‘Who will go up to heaven for us, and acquire it for us, and inform us of it, and we will fulfill it?’’

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldst say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It is not in the heavens [(If it were, you would have to go up after it to study it)], that one would say: Who will go up for us to heaven and take it for us and make us hear it that we might do it?


###### Deuteronomy 30:13
[Deuteronomy 30:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:13)

וְלֹא־מֵעֵ֥בֶר לַיָּ֖ם הִ֑וא לֵאמֹ֗ר מִ֣י יַעֲבׇר־לָ֜נוּ אֶל־עֵ֤בֶר הַיָּם֙ וְיִקָּחֶ֣הָ לָּ֔נוּ וְיַשְׁמִעֵ֥נוּ אֹתָ֖הּ וְנַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Nor is it overseas, [for you] to say, ‘‘Who will travel overseas for us, and acquire it for us, and inform us of it, and we will fulfill it?’’

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Nor is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldst say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it is not across the seas, that one would say: Who will cross the seas for us and take it for us and make us hear it that we might do it?


###### Deuteronomy 30:14
[Deuteronomy 30:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:14)

כִּֽי־קָר֥וֹב אֵלֶ֛יךָ הַדָּבָ֖ר מְאֹ֑ד בְּפִ֥יךָ וּבִֽלְבָבְךָ֖ לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
For the matter is extremely close to you; in your mouth and in your mind to fulfill it.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the word is very near to thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the thing is very near to you [(the Torah having been given in writing and by word of mouth)], in your mouth and in your heart to do it.


###### Deuteronomy 30:15
[Deuteronomy 30:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:15)

רְאֵ֨ה נָתַ֤תִּי לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם אֶת־הַֽחַיִּ֖ים וְאֶת־הַטּ֑וֹב וְאֶת־הַמָּ֖וֶת וְאֶת־הָרָֽע׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
See, I have placed before you today life and good, and death and bad.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
See, I have set before you this day, the life and the good [(The first is contingent upon the second)], and the death and the evil, [viz.:]


###### Deuteronomy 30:16
[Deuteronomy 30:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:16)

אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֣י מְצַוְּךָ֮ הַיּוֹם֒ לְאַהֲבָ֞ה אֶת־יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֔יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֛ר מִצְוֺתָ֥יו וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑יו וְחָיִ֣יתָ וְרָבִ֔יתָ וּבֵֽרַכְךָ֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
For which I command you this day, to love Adonoy, your God, to go in His ways and to guard His commandments and His statutes and His laws; and you will live and you will flourish, and Adonoy, your God, will bless you in the land that you are coming there to inherit.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
in that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments: then thou shalt live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land into which thou goest to possess it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
What I command you this day, to love the L-rd your G-d, to walk in His ways, and to keep His mitzvoth, and His statutes, and His judgments [(This is "the good")], and you will live, and you will multiply [(This is "the life")], and the L-rd your G-d will bless you in the land whither you come to inherit it.


###### Deuteronomy 30:17
[Deuteronomy 30:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:17)

וְאִם־יִפְנֶ֥ה לְבָבְךָ֖ וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע וְנִדַּחְתָּ֗ וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֛יתָ לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
But if your heart strays and you do not listen, and you are misled, and you prostrate yourself to other gods and worship them.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And if your heart turns, and you do not hearken, and you are drawn away, and you bow down to other gods and you serve them [(This is "the evil")],


###### Deuteronomy 30:18
[Deuteronomy 30:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:18)

הִגַּ֤דְתִּי לָכֶם֙ הַיּ֔וֹם כִּ֥י אָבֹ֖ד תֹּאבֵד֑וּן לֹא־תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ן יָמִים֙ עַל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אַתָּ֤ה עֹבֵר֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן לָב֥וֹא שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I tell you today that you shall certainly perish; you will not remain long on the land that you are crossing the Yardein to come there to inherit.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I announce to you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over the Yarden to go to possess it.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I tell you this day that you will go lost [(This is "the death")]; you will not prolong days on the land whither you cross over the Jordan to come there to inherit it.


###### Deuteronomy 30:19
[Deuteronomy 30:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:19)

הַעִדֹ֨תִי בָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֒רֶץ֒ הַחַיִּ֤ים וְהַמָּ֙וֶת֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְפָנֶ֔יךָ הַבְּרָכָ֖ה וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּחַיִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן תִּֽחְיֶ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה וְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
I invoke, as witnesses against you this day, heaven and earth: Life and death have I placed before you, blessing and curse; you choose life in order that you live, you and your descendants,

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you, that I have set before thee life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I call as witness upon you this day heaven and earth [(They endure forever, and if evil befall you, they will testify that I forewarned you of all this.)] The life and the death have I set before you, the blessing and the curse, and [I urge you to] choose the life, so that you live, you and your seed.


###### Deuteronomy 30:20
[Deuteronomy 30:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/30:20)

לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ בְּקֹל֖וֹ וּלְדׇבְקָה־ב֑וֹ כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חַיֶּ֙יךָ֙ וְאֹ֣רֶךְ יָמֶ֔יךָ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת עַל־הָאֲדָמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁבַּ֨ע יְהֹוָ֧ה לַאֲבֹתֶ֛יךָ לְאַבְרָהָ֛ם לְיִצְחָ֥ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖ב לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶֽם׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
To love Adonoy, your God, to obey Him and to cling to Him; for He is your life and your longevity, to live on the soil that Adonoy swore to your forefathers—to Avrohom, to Yitzchok, and to Yaakov—to give them.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayst obey his voice, and that thou mayst cleave to him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayst dwell in the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers, to Avraham, to Yiżĥaq, and to Ya῾aqov, to give them.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To love the L-rd your G-d, to heed His voice, and to cleave to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days to dwell on the land that the L-rd swore to your forefathers — to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob — to give to them.