Deuteronomy 30:18

“I denounce unto, you this day that ye shall surely perish, etc.] By one judgment or another; this he most solemnly averred, and it might be depended upon that it would certainly be their case; (see <050426>Deuteronomy 4:26); [and that] ye shall not prolong [your] days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it; but be cut short by death, of one kind or another, by sword, or famine, or pestilence, or be carried into captivity; one or other of which were frequently their case.”

“Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded Deuteronomy 30:10-14; hence, Deuteronomy 30:15-20 life and death, good and evil, are solemnly set before the people for their own choice; and an earnest exhortation to choose the better part concludes the address. Deuteronomy 30:11-14. “The righteousness which is of faith” is really and truly described in these words of the Law; and, under Paul’s guidance (see marginal references) we affirm was intended so to be. For the simplicity and accessibility which Moses here attributes to the Law of God neither is nor can be experimentally found in it except through the medium of faith; even though outwardly and in the letter that Law be…”

“Deu 8:19, Deu 8:20, Deu 31:29; Jos 23:15, Jos 23:16; Isa 63:17, Isa 63:18 Deuteronomy 30:19”

“As Deu 4:26; Deu 8:19. He calls upon heaven and earth as witnesses ( Deu 30:19, as in Deu 4:26), namely, that he had set before them life and death. וּבחרתּ, in Deu 30:19, is the apodosis: "therefore choose life." Deuteronomy 30:20”