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Ramban on Deuteronomy 30:15/רמב"ן על דברים ל׳:ט״ו
ארְאֵה נָתַתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ הַיּוֹם, יַחְזֹר לְהַזְהִירָם עוֹד לְהַגִּיד לָהֶם כִּי שְׁנֵי הַדְּרָכִים בְּיָדָם, וּבִרְשׁוּתָם לָלֶכֶת בַּאֲשֶׁר יַחְפְּצוּ בָּהּ, וְאֵין מוֹנֵעַ וּמְעַכֵּב בְּיָדָם לֹא מִן הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים וְלֹא מִן הָעֶלְיוֹנִים. וְיָעִיד בָּהֶם אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ פַּעַם שֵׁנִית (דברים ל':י"ט), אַחַר שֶׁאָמַר (דברים ד':כ"ו) הַעִידֹתִי בָכֶם הַיּוֹם אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ כִּי אָבֹד תֹּאבֵדוּן מַהֵר, כִּי עַתָּה יֹאמַר הַעִדֹתִי בָכֶם הַיּוֹם אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ, כִּי הַחַיִּים וְהַמָּוֶת נָתַתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ שֶׁהֵם הַבְּרָכָה וְהַקְּלָלָה, וְכִי יְעַצְתִּיךָ שֶׁתִּבְחַר בַּחַיִּים לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה אַתָּה וְזַרְעֶךָ. וְהִנֵּה הוּא כְּמַחְתִּים הָעֵדִים בְּסוֹף דְּבָרָיו כֻּלָּם:
1SEE, I HAVE SET BEFORE THEE THIS DAY LIFE AND GOOD, AND DEATH AND EVIL. He returns to exhort them yet again, to tell them that there are two courses in their hands and it is in their power to walk in whichever they desire, and there is no power below or above that will withhold them or stop them. And he calls heaven and earth to bear witness against them a second time,75 after he had said,I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish,76 for now he said, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death75 which are the blessing and the curse, and that I have counselled you that you should choose life, that hou mayest live, thou and thy seed.75 Thus he is now like someone who has the witnesses sign at the end of all his words.Vayeilech