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ForכִּיthisהַזֹּאתcommandmentהַמִּצְוָהthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtodayהַיּוֹםis notלֹאtoo hardנִפְלֵאתfor you,הִוא מִמְּךָnorוְלֹאis itהִואfar away.רְחֹקָה
Deuteronomy 30:11
Study it in the app“For this commandment that I am commanding you today is not too hard for you, nor is it far away.”
Moses says the word is not far off: it is in your mouth and your heartThe Word of GodThe commandment is not far off: it is in your mouth and in your heartObedience
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 30:11, word by word
- commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsva” appears- am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- too hardנִפְלֵאתniflet
be too hard
To be beyond reach: "is anything impossible for YHWH?".
Where else “niflet” appears- far awayרְחֹקָהrechoka
far
To be far, at a great distance from a place or someone.
Where else “rechoka” appears
The context
10if you listen to the voice of YHWH your Elohim, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this book of the instruction, if you return to YHWH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 · This verse (above)
12It is not in the heavens, that you should say, “Who will go up for us to the heavens and get it for us and make us hear it, so that we may do it?”