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Deuteronomy 30:11

For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses Israel on the plains of Moab, positioning this declaration immediately after a call to wholehearted obedience and before a warning against seeking divine revelation through impossible ascent.

The words — מִצְוָה (mitzvah) translates as "commandment" and זֹאת (zot) translates as "this," jointly identifying the specific instruction being delivered.

The thread — The pattern of God’s accessible revelation appears in Psalms 147:19, where He declares His statutes to Jacob, and resurfaces in Romans 16:25 through the revealed mystery of the gospel.

Why it lands — The verse states plainly that the commandment is neither too difficult nor beyond reach, requiring only present obedience rather than heavenly ascent or secret knowledge.

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The Hebrew words

כִּ֚יkiforהַמִּצְוָ֣הha./mitz.Vahthe/ commandmentהַזֹּ֔אתha./Zot<the>/ thisאֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.Sherwhichאָנֹכִ֥י'a.no.KhiIמְצַוְּךָ֖me.tza.ve./Kha[am] commanding/ youהַיּ֑וֹםhai./Yomthis/ dayלֹֽא־lo'-notנִפְלֵ֥אתnif.Let[is too] difficultהִוא֙hi'itמִמְּךָ֔mi.me./Khafor/ youוְלֹ֥אve./Lo'and/ notרְחֹקָ֖הre.cho.Kah[is] far awayהִֽוא׃hi'it

King James Version

For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

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