It [is] not in heaven,.... The scheme of it was formed in heaven, it was hid in the heart of God there, before revealed; it was ordained before the world was for our glory; it was brought down from thence by Christ, and committed to his apostles and ministers of the word to preach it to men; and has been ever since continued on earth, and will be at the time of the conversion of the Jews:that thou shouldest say; that there should be any occasion of saying; it forbids any such kind of speech as, follows:who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it?
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Deuteronomy 30:12
Deuteronomy 30:12
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