¹⁵ See, I set before you today life^(A) and prosperity,^(B) death^(C) and destruction.^{(D) 16} For I command you today to love^(E) the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live^(F) and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

¹⁷ But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, ¹⁸ I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed.^(G) You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

¹⁹ This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you^(H) that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.^(I) Now choose life, so that you and your children may live ²⁰ and that you may love^(J) the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life,^(K) and he will give^(L) you many years in the land^(M) he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

⁴⁶ he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day,^(A) so that you may command^(B) your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. ⁴⁷ They are not just idle words for you—they are your life.^(C) By them you will live long^(D) in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Moses to Die on Mount Nebo

⁴⁸ On that same day the Lord told Moses,^{(E) 49} “Go up into the Abarim^(F) Range to Mount Nebo^(G) in Moab, across from Jericho,^(H) and view Canaan,^(I) the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. ⁵⁰ There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die^(J) and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died^(K) on Mount Hor^(L) and was gathered to his people. ⁵¹ This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh^(M) in the Desert of Zin^(N) and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.^{(O) 52} Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance;^(P) you will not enter^(Q) the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”

⁸ “Furthermore, tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life^(A) and the way of death.