Deuteronomy 1:26

Disobedience at Kadesh Barnea

1:26 You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 9:24

9:24 You have been rebelling against him ²  from the very first day I knew you!

Deuteronomy 19:16

19:16 If a false ³  witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 20:10

20:10 When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace.

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¹ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord your God.” To include “the mouth” would make for odd English style. The mouth stands by metonymy for the Lord’s command, which in turn represents the Lord himself.

² tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.

³ tn Heb “violent” (חָמָס, khamas). This is a witness whose motivation from the beginning is to do harm to the accused and who, therefore, resorts to calumny and deceit. See I. Swart and C. VanDam, NIDOTTE 2:177-80.

⁴ tn Or “rebellion.” Rebellion against God’s law is in view (cf. NAB “of a defection from the law”).