Deu 30:12-14, Isa 40:12, Eph 4:8 | ESV | STEP | It is not in heaven , that you should say , Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?

Deuteronomy 30:12-14

12 ^aIt is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.

Isaiah 40:12

12 ^bWho has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?

Ephesians 4:8

8 Therefore it says,

^c“When he ascended on high ^dhe led a host of captives,
and he gave gifts to men.” ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women}