Deuteronomy 30:3-6
Context30:3 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 1 has scattered you. 30:4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, 2 from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. 30:5 Then he 3 will bring you to the land your ancestors 4 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 5 your heart and the hearts of your descendants 6 so that you may love him 7 with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
1 tn Heb “the
2 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.
3 tn Heb “the
4 tn Heb “fathers” (also later in this verse and in vv. 9, 20).
5 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.
6 tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).
7 tn Heb “the