Deuteronomy 1:11

1:11 Indeed, may the Lord, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you ¹  just as he said he would!

Deuteronomy 1:30

1:30 The Lord your God is about to go ²  ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt ³ 

Deuteronomy 2:28

2:28 Sell me food for cash ⁴  so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. ⁵  Just allow me to go through on foot,

Deuteronomy 3:6

3:6 We put all of these under divine judgment ⁶  just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon – every occupied city, ⁷  including women and children.

Deuteronomy 4:8

4:8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just ⁸  as this whole law ⁹  that I am about to share with ¹⁰  you today?

Deuteronomy 8:20

8:20 Just like the nations the Lord is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you ¹¹  because you would not obey him. ¹² 

Deuteronomy 10:5

10:5 Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made – they are still there, just as the Lord commanded me.

Deuteronomy 10:9

10:9 Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance ¹³  among his brothers; ¹⁴  the Lord is his inheritance just as the Lord your God told him.

Deuteronomy 15:22

15:22 You may eat it in your villages, ¹⁵  whether you are ritually impure or clean, ¹⁶  just as you would eat a gazelle or an ibex.

Deuteronomy 17:10

17:10 You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.

Deuteronomy 18:2

18:2 They ¹⁷  will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; ¹⁸  the Lord alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them.

Deuteronomy 20:17

20:17 Instead you must utterly annihilate them ¹⁹  – the Hittites, ²⁰  Amorites, ²¹  Canaanites, ²²  Perizzites, ²³  Hivites, ²⁴  and Jebusites ²⁵  – just as the Lord your God has commanded you,

Deuteronomy 28:9

28:9 The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments ²⁶  and obey him. ²⁷ 

Deuteronomy 30:2

30:2 Then if you and your descendants ²⁸  turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being ²⁹  just as ³⁰  I am commanding you today,

Deuteronomy 31:4

31:4 The Lord will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the Amorite kings, and to their land, which he destroyed.

Deuteronomy 32:4

32:4 As for the Rock, ³¹  his work is perfect,

for all his ways are just.

He is a reliable God who is never unjust,

he is fair ³²  and upright.

Deuteronomy 32:50

32:50 You will die ³³  on the mountain that you ascend and join your deceased ancestors, ³⁴  just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor ³⁵  and joined his deceased ancestors,

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¹ tn Heb “may he bless you.”

² tn The Hebrew participle indicates imminent future action here, though some English versions treat it as a predictive future (“will go ahead of you,” NCV; cf. also TEV, CEV).

³ tn Heb “according to all which he did for you in Egypt before your eyes.”

⁴ tn Heb “silver.”

⁵ tn Heb “and water for silver give to me so that I may drink.”

⁶ tn Heb “we put them under the ban” (נַחֲרֵם, nakharem). See note at 2:34.

sn The divine curse. See note on this phrase in Deut 2:34.

⁷ tn Heb “city of men.”

⁸ tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”

⁹ tn The Hebrew phrase הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת (hattorah hazzo’t), in this context, refers specifically to the Book of Deuteronomy. That is, it is the collection of all the חֻקִּים (khuqqim, “statutes,” 4:1) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, “ordinances,” 4:1) to be included in the covenant text. In a full canonical sense, of course, it pertains to the entire Pentateuch or Torah.

¹⁰ tn Heb “place before.”

¹¹ tn Heb “so you will perish.”

¹² tn Heb “listen to the voice of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

¹³ sn Levi has no allotment or inheritance. As the priestly tribe, Levi would have no land allotment except for forty-eight towns set apart for their use (Num 35:1-8; Josh 21:1-42). But theirs was a far greater inheritance, for the Lord himself was their apportionment, that is, service to him would be their full-time and lifelong privilege (Num 18:20-24; Deut 18:2; Josh 13:33).

¹⁴ tn That is, among the other Israelite tribes.

¹⁵ tn Heb “in your gates.”

¹⁶ tc The LXX adds ἐν σοί (en soi, “among you”) to make clear that the antecedent is the people and not the animals. That is, the people, whether ritually purified or not, may eat such defective animals.

¹⁷ tn Heb “he” (and throughout the verse).

¹⁸ tn Heb “brothers,” but not referring to actual siblings. Cf. NASB “their countrymen”; NRSV “the other members of the community.”

¹⁹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “utterly.” Cf. CEV “completely wipe out.”

sn The Hebrew verb refers to placing persons or things so evil and/or impure as to be irredeemable under God’s judgment, usually to the extent of their complete destruction. See also the note on the phrase “the divine judgment” in Deut 2:34.

²⁰ sn Hittite. The center of Hittite power was in Anatolia (central modern Turkey). In the Late Bronze Age (1550-1200 b.c.) they were at their zenith, establishing outposts and colonies near and far. Some elements were obviously in Canaan at the time of the Conquest (1400-1350 b.c.).

²¹ sn Amorite. Originally from the upper Euphrates region (Amurru), the Amorites appear to have migrated into Canaan beginning in 2200 b.c. or thereabouts.

²² sn Canaanite. These were the indigenous peoples of the land of Palestine, going back to the beginning of recorded history (ca. 3000 b.c.). The OT identifies them as descendants of Ham (Gen 10:6), the only Hamites to have settled north and east of Egypt.

²³ sn Perizzite. This probably refers to a subgroup of Canaanites (Gen 13:7; 34:30).

²⁴ sn Hivite. These are usually thought to be the same as the Hurrians, a people well-known in ancient Near Eastern texts. They are likely identical to the Horites (see note on “Horites” in Deut 2:12).

²⁵ tc The LXX adds “Girgashites” here at the end of the list in order to list the full (and usual) complement of seven (see note on “seven” in Deut 7:1).

sn Jebusite. These people inhabited the hill country, particularly in and about Jerusalem (cf. Num 13:29; Josh 15:8; 2 Sam 5:6; 24:16).

²⁶ tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.

²⁷ tn Heb “and walk in his ways” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

²⁸ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”

²⁹ tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).

³⁰ tn Heb “according to all.”

³¹ tc The LXX reads Θεός (qeos, “God”) for the MT’s “Rock.”

sn The Hebrew term depicts God as a rocky summit where one may find safety and protection. Within a covenantal context it serves as a reminder to the people that their God has committed himself to their protection in return for their allegiance.

³² tn Or “just” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “righteous” (NASB).

³³ tn In the Hebrew text the forms translated “you will die…and join” are imperatives, but the actions in view cannot really be commanded. The imperative is used here in a rhetorical, emphatic manner to indicate the certainty of Moses’ death on the mountain. On the rhetorical use of the imperative see IBHS 572 §34.4c.

³⁴ tn Heb “be gathered to your people.” The same phrase occurs again later in this verse.

³⁵ sn Mount Hor. See note on the name “Moserah” in Deut 10:6.