loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
Moses here concludes with a very bright light, and a very strong fire, that, if possible, what he had been preaching of might find entrance into the understanding and affections of this unthinking people. What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions?
Commenting on Deuteronomy 30:15-20
That thou mayest love the Lord thy God,.... And show it by keeping his commands: and that thou mayest obey his voice; in his word, and by his prophets: and that thou mayest cleave unto him; and to his worship, and not follow after and serve other gods: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; the God of their lives, and...
DEATH AND LIFE ARE SET BEFORE THE ISRAELITES. (Deu 30:15-20) See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil--the alternative of a good and happy, or a disobedient and miserable life. Love of God and compliance with His will are the only ways of securing the blessings and avoiding the evils described.
Commenting on Deuteronomy 30:15-20