Teks -- Deuteronomy 30:14 (NET)

30:14 For the thing is very near you– it is in your mouth and in your mind so that you can do it.

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Wesley: Deu 30:14 - In thy mouth

Thou knowest it so well, that it is the matter of thy common discourse.

Wesley: Deu 30:14 - In thy heart

In thy mind, (as the heart is very commonly taken) to understand and believe it. In a word, the Law is plain and easy: but the gospel is much more so.

JFB: Deu 30:11-14 - For this commandment . . . is not hidden . . . neither is it far off

That law of loving and obeying God, which was the subject of Moses' discourse, was well known to the Israelites. They could not plead ignorance of its existence and requirements. It was not concealed as an impenetrable mystery in heaven, for it had been revealed; nor was it carefully withheld from the people as a dangerous discovery; for the youngest and humblest of them were instructed in those truths, which were subjects of earnest study and research among the wisest and greatest of other nations. They were not under a necessity of undertaking long journeys or distant voyages, as many ancient sages did in quest of knowledge. They enjoyed the peculiar privilege of a familiar acquaintance with it. It was with them a subject of common conversation, engraven on their memories, and frequently explained and inculcated on their hearts. The apostle Paul (Rom 10:6-8) has applied this passage to the Gospel, for the law of Christ is substantially the same as that of Moses, only exhibited more clearly in its spiritual nature and extensive application; and, accompanied with the advantages of Gospel grace, it is practicable and easy.

Clarke: Deu 30:14 - But the word is very nigh unto thee

But the word is very nigh unto thee - The doctrine of salvation preached by the apostles; in thy mouth, the promises of redemption made by the prophets forming a part of every Jew’ s creed; in thy heart - the power to believe with the heart unto righteousness, that the tongue may make confession unto salvation. In this way, it is evident, St. Paul understood these passages; see Rom 10:6-8, etc.

Defender: Deu 30:14 - word is very nigh

This passage (Deu 30:12-14) is quoted in Rom 10:6-8. It applies to the great truth of salvation through faith in Christ, rather than through the impossible burden of keeping the whole law. The "word" that brings one into right fellowship with God is not inaccessible in heaven or hell but is in our own mouths and hearts: "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved" (Rom 10:9)."

TSK: Deu 30:14 - very // mouth

very : Eze 2:5, Eze 33:33; Luk 10:11, Luk 10:12; Joh 5:46; Act 13:26, Act 13:38-41, Act 28:23-28; Heb 2:1-3

mouth : Jer 12:2; Eze 33:31; Mat 7:21; Rom 10:8-10

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Poole: Deu 30:14 - In thy mouth // In thy heart

In thy mouth thou knowest it so well, that it is the matter of thy common discourse; thou professest thy knowledge and belief of it: or, in the months of thy priests and Levites, who are daily preaching of it, and instructing thee in it.

In thy heart i.e. in thy mind, (as the heart is very commonly taken,) to understand and believe it.

Haydock: Deu 30:14 - Heart

Heart. Septuagint add, "and in thy hands." Thou art often obliged to talk about the law, and to learn it by heart. Nothing hinders thee, with the grace of God, from putting it in practice. (Calmet) ---

No teacher could more plainly inculcate the liberty of the human will. (Theodoret, q. 38.; St. Augustine, de Nat. 69.; St. Ambrose; &c.) (Worthington)

Gill: Deu 30:14 - But the word is very nigh unto thee // in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it

But the word is very nigh unto thee,.... In the ministration of it by those who clearly, plainly, and faithfully preach it, and in the application of it by the Spirit of God to the heart; and in the gracious experience converted persons have of the power and efficacy of it in them, and of the comfort they receive from it:

in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it; in the mouth by confession, being not ashamed to own it, and profess it before men; and in the heart, where it is come with power, has a place, and works effectually, and is cordially believed, and comfortably experienced; and when this is the case, its ordinances will be faithfully kept as delivered, and cheerfully submitted to.