Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you,.... Either, literally understood, the heavens above him, and the earth on which he stood, those inanimate bodies, which are frequently called…

Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded Deu 30:10-14; hence, Deu 30:15-20 life and death, good and evil, are solemnly set before the people for their own choice; and an earnest…

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…

I call heaven and earth, etc.] As in Deu 4:26.

set before thee life and death See on Deu 30:30.

choose life In Deut. only here; but cp. Jos 24:15; Isa 7:15 (choose the good). On that thou mayest…