John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 30:19

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, etc.] Either, literally understood, the heavens above him, and the earth on which he stood, those inanimate bodies, which are frequently called upon as witnesses to matters of moment and importance; (see <050426>Deuteronomy 4:26 32:1 <230102>Isaiah 1:2); or figuratively, the inhabitants of both, angels and men: [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; had plainly told them in express words what would be the consequence of obedience and disobedience to the law of God; long life, and the blessings of it in the land of Canaan, to those that obey it; death, by various means, and dreadful curses, to those that disobey it; of which see at large (<052816>Deuteronomy 28:16-68); therefore choose life, that thou and thy seed may live; that is, prefer obedience to the law, and choose to perform that, the consequence of which is life; that they and their posterity might live comfortably and happily, quietly and safely, and constantly, even to the latest ages, in the land of Canaan.

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