Deuteronomy 30:12-16 - The word is near you

30:12-14

These words are quoted by Paul in Rom 10:6-8. There were no weird contortions that someone had to go through in order to obey the Law. The Laws were eminently doable by anyone, were it not for the pernicious effect of sin. The commands were laid out very clearly, all we had to do, and all that we could not do, was very simple. There was a clear set of instructions. 

30:15,16

“Prosperity, death and destruction”. Obedience would lead to prosperity, all would go well with them. But disobedience would lead to death and destruction. This was the choice set before the people of Israel. If the people lived in obedience to the ways of the Lord, then they would increase in numbers, and they would be blessed in the land by the Lord.