6 The Lord your God will make you and your descendants his again,30:6. "Make you and your descendants his again": literally, "circumcise the hearts of you and your descendants." Circumcision was a sign of God’s "ownership" of the people, and circumcision of the heart was a description of true dedication to the Lord. and you will love him with all your mind and with all your being, so that you’ll live.
11 The instruction I’m giving you today isn’t too difficult for you to follow. It’s not as if it’s so far from you that it’s impossible to achieve. 12 It’s not in heaven so you have to ask, "Who is going to go up to heaven to get it for us and let us know what it says so we can obey it?" 13 It’s not across the ocean so you have to ask, "Who is going to cross the ocean to get it for us and let us know what it says so we can obey it?" 14 No—you have this instruction right there before you. It’s in the words you speak and in the thoughts you think, so obey it.