Deuteronomy 30:2

“And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;”

"And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;" - Deuteronomy 30:2
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What does Deuteronomy 30:2 mean?

Deuteronomy 30:2 (KJV) states, "And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul." The book of Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible and…

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Returning to the Lord: A Path of Obedience and Restoration

Deuteronomy 30:2 declares, "And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul." In this verse, we encounter a powerful call to return, to obey, and to…

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A Prayer of Return and Commitment

Heavenly Father, In the radiant light of Your presence, I come before You today, drawn by the tender cords of Your love and mercy. I reflect upon Your Word in Deuteronomy 30:2, which calls us to return unto You, our God, and to obey Your voice according to all that You command…

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Deuteronomy 30:2 - "And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;"
Deuteronomy 30:19:
Deuteronomy 2:30 - "But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day."
Deuteronomy 5:30 - "Go say to them, Get you into your tents again."
Deuteronomy 30:15 - "¶ See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;"
Deuteronomy 22:30 - "¶ A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt."
Deuteronomy 31:30 - "And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended."
Deuteronomy 30:11 - "¶ For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off."
Deuteronomy 30:14 - "But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it."
Deuteronomy 30:8 - "And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day."
Deuteronomy 30:7 - "And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee."
Deuteronomy 30:17 - "But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;"
Deuteronomy 30:12 - "It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?"
Deuteronomy 30:13 - "Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?"
"Go say to them, Get you into your tents again." - Deuteronomy 5:30
Deuteronomy 11:30 - "Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?"
Deuteronomy 30:4 - "If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:"
Deuteronomy 32:30 - "How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?"
Deuteronomy 2:2 - "And the LORD spake unto me, saying,"
Deuteronomy 30:5 - "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 above thy fathers."
Deuteronomy 30:6 - "And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live."
Deuteronomy 4:30 - "When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;"
Deuteronomy 30:3 - "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, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee."
Deuteronomy 30:18 - "I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it."
"¶ A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt." - Deuteronomy 22:30
"¶ See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;" - Deuteronomy 30:15
2 Chronicles 30:10
Daniel 2:30-23
Philippians 2:19-30