Deuteronomy 1:16

1:16 I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they¹ should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens² and judge fairly,³ whether between one citizen and another⁴ or a citizen and a resident foreigner.⁵

Deuteronomy 4:9

Reminder of the Horeb Covenant

4:9 Again, however, pay very careful attention,⁶ lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Deuteronomy 5:27

5:27 You go near so that you can hear everything the Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he⁷ says to you; then we will pay attention and do it.”

Deuteronomy 11:8

The Abundance of the Land of Promise

11:8 Now pay attention to all the commandments⁸ I am giving⁹ you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed,¹⁰

Deuteronomy 11:13

11:13 Now, if you pay close attention¹¹ to my commandments that I am giving you today and love¹² the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being,¹³

Deuteronomy 11:28

11:28 and the curse if you pay no attention¹⁴ to his¹⁵ commandments and turn from the way I am setting before¹⁶ you today to pursue¹⁷ other gods you have not known.

Deuteronomy 17:12

17:12 The person who pays no attention¹⁸ to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 21:20

21:20 They must declare to the elders¹⁹ of his city, “Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say – he is a glutton and drunkard.”

¹tn Or “you.” A number of English versions treat the remainder of this verse and v. 17 as direct discourse rather than indirect discourse (cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

²tn Heb “brothers.” The term “brothers” could, in English, be understood to refer to siblings, so “fellow citizens” has been used in the translation.

³tn The Hebrew word צֶדֶק (tsedeq, “fairly”) carries the basic idea of conformity to a norm of expected behavior or character, one established by God himself. Fair judgment adheres strictly to that norm or standard (see D. Reimer, NIDOTTE 3:750).

⁴tn Heb “between a man and his brother.”

⁵tn Heb “his stranger” or “his sojourner”; NAB, NIV “an alien”; NRSV “resident alien.” The Hebrew word גֵּר (ger) commonly means “foreigner.”

⁶tn Heb “watch yourself and watch your soul carefully.”

⁷tn Heb “the Lord our God.” See note on “He” in 5:3.

⁸tn Heb “the commandment.” The singular מִצְוָה (mitsvah, “commandment”) speaks here as elsewhere of the whole corpus of covenant stipulations in Deuteronomy (cf. 6:1, 25; 7:11; 8:1).

⁹tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in vv. 13, 27).

¹⁰tn Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”

¹¹tn Heb “if hearing, you will hear.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute to emphasize the verbal idea. The translation renders this emphasis with the word “close.”

¹²tn Again, the Hebrew term אָהַב (’ahav) draws attention to the reciprocation of divine love as a condition or sign of covenant loyalty (cf. Deut 6:5).

¹³tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

¹⁴tn Heb “do not listen to,” that is, do not obey.

¹⁵tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

¹⁶tn Heb “am commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).

¹⁷tn Heb “walk after”; NIV “by following”; NLT “by worshiping.” This is a violation of the first commandment, the most serious of the covenant violations (Deut 5:6-7).

¹⁸tn Heb “who acts presumptuously not to listen” (cf. NASB).

¹⁹tc The LXX and Smr read “to the men,” probably to conform to this phrase in v. 21. However, since judicial cases were the responsibility of the elders in such instances (cf. Deut 19:12; 21:3, 6; 25:7-8) the reading of the MT is likely original and correct here.