22 Challenging Deuteronomy 30 Quiz Questions And Answers

Deuteronomy 30 pivots from the long curse of the previous chapter to the promised return after exile. The Deuteronomy 30 quiz below moves through both the restoration speech and the closing summons, testing how closely the chapter has been read.

Set it next to the Deuteronomy 16 quiz on the worship laws of Moses’ earlier discourse, after the whole-book Deuteronomy quiz across all thirty-four chapters, or with the Deuteronomy 6 quiz on the great commandment.

Deuteronomy 30 Quiz Questions and Answers

Question 1: What four things did Moses say he had set before Israel, calling heaven and earth to record?

A. Covenant and curse, life and death
B. Life and death, blessing and cursing
C. Blessing and warning, prosperity and adversity
D. Life and prosperity, death and adversity
E. Commandment and testimony, life and death

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Answer 1: B — At the climax of the chapter Moses summons heaven and earth as witnesses to the four-fold choice he has placed before Israel.
KJV Reference: “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing” (Deuteronomy 30:19).

Question 2: What does the LORD promise to circumcise so they may love him with all their heart and soul?

A. Their flesh, and the flesh of their seed
B. Their lips, and the lips of their seed
C. Their heart, and the heart of their seed
D. Their ears, and the ears of their seed
E. Their hands, and the hands of their seed

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Answer 2: C — The promise reaches beyond outward sign of the flesh to an inward work upon the people and their descendants.
KJV Reference: “And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live” (Deuteronomy 30:6).

Question 3: Where is the word said to be very nigh?

A. In their mouth, and in their heart
B. In the holy book given to Moses
C. In the tabernacle, and in the camp
D. Before the priests, and before the elders
E. In the assembly of the holy people

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Answer 3: A — Moses removes every excuse of distance: the word is not above in heaven nor beyond the sea but already with the hearer.
KJV Reference: “But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it” (Deuteronomy 30:14).

Question 4: To which patriarchs did the LORD swear to give the land that Israel might dwell in?

A. To Abraham, to Isaac, and to Aaron
B. To Abraham, to Isaac, and to Joseph
C. To Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob, and to Levi
D. To Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob
E. To Abraham, to Isaac, and to Ishmael

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Answer 4: D — The chapter closes by tying the land promise to the same three patriarchs named throughout the Pentateuch.
KJV Reference: “to dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them” (Deuteronomy 30:20).

Question 5: In what areas does the LORD promise to make Israel plenteous if they obey?

A. The silver of their treasury, the gold of their store, the herds of their fold, and the wealth of their borders
B. The work of their hand, the fruit of their body, the fruit of their cattle, and the fruit of their land
C. The corn of their field, the wine of their press, the oil of their tree, and the flocks of their pasture
D. The strength of their houses, the depth of their cisterns, the rows of their vineyards, and the height of their olives
E. The breadth of their fields, the beauty of their gardens, the stillness of their pools, and the bounty of their hills

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Answer 5: B — Restoration touches labor, household, livestock, and ground in a four-fold blessing of every increase.
KJV Reference: “And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good” (Deuteronomy 30:9).

Question 6: What two impossible journeys does Moses dismiss as unnecessary for receiving the commandment?

A. Going up a mountain, and going across a desert
B. Going into the deep, and going up to the heights
C. Going into the wilderness, and going to the priest
D. Going across Jordan, and going up unto Sinai
E. Going up to heaven, and going over the sea

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Answer 6: E — Moses anticipates two excuses — vertical and horizontal distance — and removes both.
KJV Reference: “It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven… Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us” (Deuteronomy 30:12-13).

Question 7: What three actions does the LORD promise concerning Israel’s captivity if they return to him?

A. He will turn their captivity, have compassion upon them, and gather them again
B. He will deliver them, restore all their cities, and rebuild their broken walls
C. He will hear them, send a deliverer, and give them rest from war
D. He will pardon their sin, raise up a king, and break their yoke
E. He will visit them, redeem them, and bring them home to their fathers

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Answer 7: A — The threefold promise covers reversal of their state, divine pity, and ingathering from every nation of dispersion.
KJV Reference: “That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee” (Deuteronomy 30:3).

Question 8: Upon whom will the LORD put all the curses, according to the chapter?

A. Upon the kings of the heathen and the cities of the plain
B. Upon the false prophets and the wicked priests within the camp
C. Upon their enemies, on those that hate them, and on their persecutors
D. Upon those who break the covenant and turn aside from the law
E. Upon the seed of the wicked and the children of strangers

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Answer 8: C — The same curses pronounced earlier against disobedience are now redirected against the persecutors of restored Israel.
KJV Reference: “And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee” (Deuteronomy 30:7).

Question 9: To what extreme of dispersion will the LORD still gather his outcast people?

A. Unto the borders of the land
B. Unto the ends of the wilderness
C. Unto the gates of the heathen
D. Unto the outmost parts of heaven
E. Unto the rivers of the east

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Answer 9: D — Moses uses the most extreme cosmic language to insist that no distance can place an exile beyond the LORD’s reach.
KJV Reference: “If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee” (Deuteronomy 30:4).

Question 10: What two pairs does Moses say he has set before Israel “this day”?

A. Covenant and curse, blessing and warning
B. Life and good, and death and evil
C. Way of life, and way of destruction
D. Fear of God, and path of folly
E. Heaven and earth, life and death

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Answer 10: B — The pairs are not abstract good and evil but the consequences attached to obedience and rebellion in the land.
KJV Reference: “See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil” (Deuteronomy 30:15).

Question 11: What two things were Israel to call to mind among the nations whither they would be driven?

A. The blessing and the curse
B. The covenant and the commandment
C. The promise and the warning
D. The mercy and the judgment
E. The favor and the wrath

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Answer 11: A — The chapter opens by recalling the two outcomes already laid out, both as the spur to repentance in exile.
KJV Reference: “And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee” (Deuteronomy 30:1).

Question 12: What does Moses say of the commandment commanded “this day”?

A. It is hard to keep, but possible if rightly obeyed
B. It is too holy and too pure to ever be broken
C. It is the voice of the LORD speaking from highest heaven
D. It is hidden until the appointed day of its revealing
E. It is not hidden from them, neither is it far off

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Answer 12: E — Moses denies any claim that the commandment is too obscure or remote to be obeyed, preparing the heaven-and-sea illustration that follows.
KJV Reference: “For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off” (Deuteronomy 30:11).

Question 13: What does the LORD promise concerning Israel’s number compared to their fathers?

A. They shall be as the stars of heaven, beyond counting
B. They shall be as the sand by the sea, innumerable
C. They shall be multiplied above the number of their fathers
D. They shall equal the number of the children of Jacob
E. They shall fill the land from sea to sea

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Answer 13: C — Restoration is not mere return to former numbers but increase beyond what the fathers themselves saw.
KJV Reference: “And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers” (Deuteronomy 30:5).

Question 14: What direct command immediately follows the words “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing”?

A. Therefore choose life, that thou and thy seed may live
B. Therefore turn ye, and live before the LORD thy God
C. Therefore obey thou the voice of the LORD thy God
D. Therefore walk in the way that the LORD hath shown thee
E. Therefore keep my statutes, and live thereby in the land

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Answer 14: A — The whole discourse narrows to a single imperative tied to the survival of the next generation.
KJV Reference: “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19).

Question 15: How is the heart turning away from the LORD described in the chapter?

A. Going back, walking in the imagination of evil, and forsaking him
B. Turning away, not hearing, and being drawn to worship other gods
C. Hardening, departing, and going after the strangers of the heathen land
D. Forgetting his works, defiling his name, and provoking him to anger
E. Refusing his ways, rebelling, and despising the everlasting covenant of God

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Answer 15: B — The progression moves from inward refusal to deafness to outright service of foreign gods.
KJV Reference: “But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them” (Deuteronomy 30:17).

Question 16: What does Moses denounce will surely happen if their heart turns away?

A. They shall be delivered into the hand of all their enemies
B. They shall be cast out, and the land shall vomit them out
C. The LORD shall withdraw his hand, and the heaven shall be brass
D. They shall surely perish, and not prolong their days upon the land
E. They shall wander in the wilderness until that generation be consumed

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Answer 16: D — The denunciation is doubled in force: certain perishing and shortened tenure in the land they crossed Jordan to possess.
KJV Reference: “I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it” (Deuteronomy 30:18).

Question 17: What follows the people’s return to obeying the voice of the LORD?

A. They shall enter into rest from all their enemies
B. They shall offer sacrifices and bring all their tithes
C. They shall do all his commandments commanded that day
D. They shall be gathered as one nation under one king
E. They shall walk in the law and not depart

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Answer 17: C — Returning to obedience is paired immediately with whole-hearted performance of every commandment then being given.
KJV Reference: “And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day” (Deuteronomy 30:8).

Question 18: What three actions toward the LORD does Moses urge as the climax of the chapter?

A. To hearken, to walk, and to remember
B. To believe, to hope, and to trust
C. To fear, to serve, and to worship
D. To honor, to obey, and to praise
E. To love, to obey, and to cleave

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Answer 18: E — The closing summons binds affection, obedience, and attachment in a single threefold response: love the LORD, obey his voice, and cleave unto him.
KJV Reference: “That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days” (Deuteronomy 30:20).

Question 19: What two conditions are placed on Israel for the LORD to rejoice over them as he did over their fathers?

A. To keep his commandments in the book, and to turn to him with all the heart
B. To rebuild the altar of the LORD, and to bring all the appointed offerings before him
C. To restore the priesthood of Aaron, and to walk before the LORD in pure righteousness
D. To put away all the strange gods, and to gather where the LORD shall choose
E. To remember the days of old, and to walk truly in the way of their fathers

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Answer 19: A — Outward keeping of the written law is paired with the inward turning of the whole person to the LORD.
KJV Reference: “If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul” (Deuteronomy 30:10).

Question 20: With what must Israel return to the LORD?

A. With weeping, fasting, prayer, and a contrite spirit
B. With all their heart and with all their soul
C. With offerings, vows, and a broken spirit before God
D. With the elders and priests at their head
E. With the law in hand and covenant on lips

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Answer 20: B — Repentance is measured not by ritual but by the totality of the inner person, parents and children together.
KJV Reference: “And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul” (Deuteronomy 30:2).

Question 21: What is Israel commanded to do that they may live and multiply in the land?

A. To love the LORD, to walk before him in truth, and to obey his words and commandments
B. To love the LORD, to fear his name, and to keep all his sayings and laws
C. To love the LORD, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, statutes, and judgments
D. To love the LORD with all the heart, to walk uprightly, and to honour his covenant and oath
E. To love the LORD, to remember his works, and to do all that he hath spoken in truth

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Answer 21: C — The triad of commandments, statutes, and judgments names the full body of Mosaic legislation under one summons of love.
KJV Reference: “In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it” (Deuteronomy 30:16).

Question 22: Over whom did the LORD rejoice for good as he will rejoice over the obedient generation?

A. The faithful of the wilderness
B. The patriarchs of the covenant
C. The men of holy Sinai
D. Their fathers who went before
E. The seed of Jacob’s house

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Answer 22: D — The verse points back to an earlier divine joy without naming any single patriarch, holding up the whole previous generation as the pattern.
KJV Reference: “for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers” (Deuteronomy 30:9).

There is something almost unreasonable about Deuteronomy 30. After two chapters of warning, after every disaster has been spelled out, the chapter still opens the door of return. Even from the outmost parts of heaven, the LORD says he will gather. Even an exiled heart, the LORD says he will circumcise. The word is not on a far mountain or across an unreachable sea. It is in the mouth, and it is in the heart.

And then, at the end of all that grace, the demand: choose life. Not as a heavy burden but as the only sane response to a God who has loved first. May we, like Israel, hear the nearness of his word and choose to live.

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Deuteronomy 6 Quiz — the great commandment that Deuteronomy 30 echoes.
Whole-Book Deuteronomy Quiz — covering all thirty-four chapters of Moses’ farewell.
Joshua Quiz — picking up where Deuteronomy ends, the entry into the land.
Pentateuch Quiz — questions across the first five books of Moses.