Read Deuteronomy 29:10-30:20 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
29:10-29 {s} Do not forsake this covenant for Israel will be uprooted from this land
30:1-10 {s} Repentance, obedience, return, and blessing
30:11-14 {s} Not hidden or far off, but very near that we may do it
30:15-20 {p} Israel may choose life or death, blessing or cursing
Strong themes of the parashah
29:10-30:20 {sx3+p} I can choose to obey God and walk the path of life, or choose to forsake God and walk the path of death
Deu 29:10-30:20 triennial Torah portions
The triennial division is identical to the annual division
Deu 29:10-30:20 Chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Deu 29:10-30:20 Nitzavim chiasm pdf (Coming …)
Theme of the parashah
I can choose to obey God and walk the path of life, or choose to forsake God and walk the path of death.
Finding Messiah in Nitzavim
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it. Deu 30:14
These words of YHVH, and these commandments which He spoke with His own voice before Israel, became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Joh 1:1, 14
The Word is Messiah.
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach) … Rom 10:8
He is very near us, even in our hearts, that we may do His Word, all His commandments.
Additional readings for this parashah
Isa 61:10-63:9 | Luk 24:1-12
Studies in Nitzavim
Deu 29:10-30:20, Nitzavim Chiastic structure with explanation
Deu 29 and 30, Chiastic structures, and when the curse comes home to roost
Deu 29 and 30, Repentance and return
Deu 29:10-31:30, Nitzavim + Vayelech Chiastic structure
Further study off site
Nitzavim – Restoration of Torah
Nitzavim Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
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