- Does this chapter read as if it is a direct sequel to Deuteronomy 28:68?
- Do these opening passages offer any hope of consolation if the curses set forth in Deuteronomy 28 actually come to pass?
- What will enable the “cancellation” of the curses and the return from exile?
- And will this refer to those from distant places?
- Why the repetition of “God will circumcise your heart” (in earlier version the text is slightly different)—and what is meant by this phrase?
- Thus, according to Deuteronomy 30:10, if there is return to the right path and observance of the mitzvot—what will eventuate?
- In the passage which follows (Deuteronomy 30:11 et seq—especially through Deuteronomy 30:14), what does text say to the nature of mitzvah and how might this relate to earlier text?
- What is the intent of Deuteronomy 30:14 in observing that these mitzvot are “very close to you” and stressing the ability to observe them?
- In Deuteronomy 30:15-19, there is a summary of the consequences of mitzvah observance and of the violation of the mitzvot; in sum it is a choice between what and what?
- But, what is the “preference” of Divinity (Deuteronomy 30:19), as specified in the imperative “u’vaharta baha’yim”?
- How does the chapter end—on a note of warning or a note of reassurance?
