Deuteronomy 1:16

1:16 I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they ¹  should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens ²  and judge fairly, ³  whether between one citizen and another ⁴  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 he ⁷  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 commandments ⁸  I am giving ⁹  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 attention ¹¹  to my commandments that I am giving you today and love ¹²  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 attention ¹⁴  to his ¹⁵  commandments and turn from the way I am setting before ¹⁶  you today to pursue ¹⁷  other gods you have not known.

Deuteronomy 22:29

22:29 The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

Deuteronomy 24:15

24:15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 32:35

32:35 I will get revenge and pay them back

at the time their foot slips;

for the day of their disaster is near,

and the impending judgment ¹⁸  is rushing upon them!”

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¹ tn 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).

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

³ tn 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).

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

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

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

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

⁸ tn 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).

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

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

¹¹ tn 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.”

¹² tn 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).

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

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

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

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

¹⁷ tn 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).

¹⁸ tn Heb “prepared things,” “impending things.” See BDB 800 s.v. עָתִיד.