Deuteronomy 1:17

1:17 They ¹  must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly ²  and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

Deuteronomy 1:22

1:22 So all of you approached me and said, “Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”

Deuteronomy 9:28

9:28 Otherwise the people of the land ³  from which you brought us will say, “The Lord was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the desert.” ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 22:21

22:21 the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing ⁵  in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge ⁶  evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 22:24

22:24 you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated ⁷  his neighbor’s fiancée; ⁸  in this way you will purge ⁹  evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 23:18

23:18 You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute ¹⁰  or the wage of a male prostitute ¹¹  into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 24:4

24:4 her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry ¹²  her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. ¹³  You must not bring guilt on the land ¹⁴  which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 31:21

31:21 Then when ¹⁵  many disasters and distresses overcome them ¹⁶  this song will testify against them, ¹⁷  for their ¹⁸  descendants will not forget it. ¹⁹  I know the ²⁰  intentions they have in mind ²¹  today, even before I bring them ²²  to the land I have promised.”

Deuteronomy 33:17

33:17 May the firstborn of his bull bring him honor,

and may his horns be those of a wild ox;

with them may he gore all peoples,

all the far reaches of the earth.

They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, ²³ 

and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

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¹ tn Heb “you,” and throughout the verse (cf. NASB, NRSV).

² tn Heb “the small,” but referring to social status, not physical stature.

³ tc The MT reads only “the land.” Smr supplies עַם (’am, “people”) and LXX and its dependents supply “the inhabitants of the land.” The truncated form found in the MT is adequate to communicate the intended meaning; the words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

⁵ tn The Hebrew term נְבָלָה (nÿvalah) means more than just something stupid. It refers to a moral lapse so serious as to jeopardize the whole covenant community (cf. Gen 34:7; Judg 19:23; 20:6, 10; Jer 29:23). See C. Pan, NIDOTTE 3:11-13. Cf. NAB “she committed a crime against Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “burn.” See note on Deut 21:21.

⁷ tn Heb “humbled.”

⁸ tn Heb “wife.”

⁹ tn Heb “burn.” See note on the phrase “purge out” in Deut 21:21.

¹⁰ tn Here the Hebrew term זוֹנָה (zonah) refers to a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) female prostitute; see note on the phrase “sacred prostitute” in v. 17.

¹¹ tn Heb “of a dog.” This is the common Hebrew term for a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) male prostitute. See note on the phrase “sacred male prostitute” in v. 17.

¹² tn Heb “to return to take her to be his wife.”

¹³ sn The issue here is not divorce and its grounds per se but prohibition of remarriage to a mate whom one has previously divorced.

¹⁴ tn Heb “cause the land to sin” (so KJV, ASV).

¹⁵ tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

¹⁷ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

¹⁸ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

¹⁹ tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

²⁰ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

²¹ tn Heb “which he is doing.”

²² tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

²³ sn Ephraim and Manasseh were the sons of Joseph who became founders of the two tribes into which Joseph’s descendants were split (Gen 48:19-20). Jacob’s blessing granted favored status to Ephraim; this is probably why Ephraim is viewed here as more numerous than Manasseh.