11. “For this mitzvah that I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far off.
12. It is not in the heavens, that you should say, ‘Who will go up for us to the heavens and get it for us, and have us hear it so we may do it?’
13. Nor is it across the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross over for us to the other side of the sea and get it for us, and have us hear it so we may do it?’
14. No, the word is very near to you—in your mouth and in your heart, to do it.
15. “See, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil.
16. What I am commanding you today is to love Adonai your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His mitzvot, statutes and ordinances. Then you will live and multiply, and Adonai your God will bless you in the land you are going in to possess.
17. But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away and bow down to other gods and worship them,