Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 30:2-6 
Context30:2 Then if you and your descendants 1 turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being 2 just as 3 I am commanding you today, 30:3 the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he 4 has scattered you. 30:4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, 5 from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. 30:5 Then he 6 will bring you to the land your ancestors 7 possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors. 30:6 The Lord your God will also cleanse 8 your heart and the hearts of your descendants 9 so that you may love him 10 with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
1 tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”
2 tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).
3 tn Heb “according to all.”
4 tn Heb “the
5 tn Heb “are at the farthest edge of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
6 tn Heb “the
7 tn Heb “fathers” (also later in this verse and in vv. 9, 20).
8 tn Heb “circumcise” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “will give you and your descendents obedient hearts.” See note on the word “cleanse” in Deut 10:16.
9 tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).
10 tn Heb “the
