Deuteronomy 1:28

1:28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage¹ by describing people who are more numerous² and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven³ itself! Moreover, they said they saw⁴ Anakites⁵ there.”

Deuteronomy 1:41

Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan

1:41 Then you responded to me and admitted, “We have sinned against the Lord. We will now go up and fight as the Lord our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.

Deuteronomy 2:9

2:9 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar⁶ to the descendants of Lot⁷ as their possession.

Deuteronomy 2:19

2:19 But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites’ land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot’s descendants⁸ as their possession.

Deuteronomy 3:2

3:2 The Lord, however, said to me, “Don’t be afraid of him because I have already given him, his whole army,⁹ and his land to you. You will do to him exactly what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon.”

Deuteronomy 3:20

3:20 You must fight¹⁰ until the Lord gives your countrymen victory¹¹ as he did you and they take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given you.”

Deuteronomy 5:14

5:14 but the seventh day is the Sabbath¹² of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you,¹³ so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.

Deuteronomy 5:24

5:24 You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his great glory¹⁴ and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us¹⁵ that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.

Deuteronomy 6:3

6:3 Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number¹⁶ – as the Lord, God of your ancestors,¹⁷ said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 9:5

9:5 It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness,¹⁸ that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he¹⁹ made on oath to your ancestors,²⁰ to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 12:11

12:11 Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing²¹ everything I am commanding you – your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared,²² and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.²³

Deuteronomy 12:21

12:21 If the place he²⁴ chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he²⁵ has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages²⁶ just as you wish.

Deuteronomy 14:29

14:29 Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.

Deuteronomy 28:51

28:51 They²⁷ will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds,²⁸ or lambs of your flocks²⁹ until they have destroyed you.

Deuteronomy 31:16-17

31:16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die,³⁰ and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they³¹ are going. They³² will reject³³ me and break my covenant that I have made with them.³⁴ 31:17 At that time³⁵ my anger will erupt against them³⁶ and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome³⁷ them³⁸ so that they³⁹ will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters⁴⁰ overcome us⁴¹ because our⁴² God is not among us⁴³?’

Deuteronomy 31:20

31:20 For after I have brought them⁴⁴ to the land I promised to their⁴⁵ ancestors – one flowing with milk and honey – and they⁴⁶ eat their fill⁴⁷ and become fat, then they⁴⁸ will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.

Deuteronomy 31:29

31:29 For I know that after I die you will totally⁴⁹ corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly⁵⁰ before the Lord, inciting him to anger because of your actions.”⁵¹

¹tn Heb “have caused our hearts to melt.”

²tn Heb “greater.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “stronger,” NAB, NIV, NRSV; “bigger,” NASB).

³tn Or “as the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁴tn Heb “we have seen.”

⁵tn Heb “the sons of the Anakim.”

sn Anakites were giant people (Num 13:33; Deut 2:10, 21; 9:2) descended from a certain Anak whose own forefather Arba founded the city of Kiriath Arba, i.e., Hebron (Josh 21:11).

⁶sn Ar was a Moabite city on the Arnon River east of the Dead Sea. It is mentioned elsewhere in the “Book of the Wars of Yahweh” (Num 21:15; cf. 21:28; Isa 15:1). Here it is synonymous with the whole land of Moab.

⁷sn The descendants of Lot. Following the destruction of the cities of the plain, Sodom and Gomorrah, as God’s judgment, Lot fathered two sons by his two daughters, namely, Moab and Ammon (Gen 19:30-38). Thus, these descendants of Lot in and around Ar were the Moabites.

⁸sn Lot’s descendants. See note on this phrase in Deut 2:9.

⁹tn Heb “people.”

¹⁰tn The words “you must fight” are not present in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹¹tn Heb “gives your brothers rest.”

¹²tn There is some degree of paronomasia (wordplay) here: “the seventh (הַשְּׁבִיעִי, hashÿvi’i) day is the Sabbath (שַׁבָּת, shabbat).” Otherwise, the words have nothing in common, since “Sabbath” is derived from the verb שָׁבַת (shavat, “to cease”).

¹³tn Heb “in your gates”; NRSV, CEV “in your towns”; TEV “in your country.”

¹⁴tn Heb “his glory and his greatness.”

¹⁵tn Heb “this day we have seen.”

¹⁶tn Heb “may multiply greatly” (so NASB, NRSV); the words “in number” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 18, 23).

¹⁸tn Heb “uprightness of your heart” (so NASB, NRSV). The Hebrew word צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah, “righteousness”), though essentially synonymous here with יֹשֶׁר (yosher, “uprightness”), carries the idea of conformity to an objective standard. The term יֹשֶׁר has more to do with an inner, moral quality (cf. NAB, NIV “integrity”). Neither, however, was grounds for the Lord’s favor. As he states in both vv. 4-5, the main reason he allowed Israel to take this land was the sinfulness of the Canaanites who lived there (cf. Gen 15:16).

¹⁹tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.

²⁰tn Heb “fathers.”

²¹tn Heb “and it will be (to) the place where the Lord your God chooses to cause his name to dwell you will bring.”

²²tn Heb “heave offerings of your hand.”

²³tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

²⁴tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

²⁵tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

²⁶tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in your own community.”

²⁷tn Heb “it” (so NRSV), a collective singular referring to the invading nation (several times in this verse and v. 52).

²⁸tn Heb “increase of herds.”

²⁹tn Heb “growth of flocks.”

³⁰tn Heb “lie down with your fathers” (so NASB); NRSV “ancestors.”

³¹tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style. The third person singular also occurs in the Hebrew text twice more in this verse, three times in v. 17, once in v. 18, five times in v. 20, and four times in v. 21. Each time it is translated as third person plural for stylistic reasons.

³²tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

³³tn Or “abandon” (TEV, NLT).

³⁴tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

³⁵tn Heb “on that day.” This same expression also appears later in the verse and in v. 18.

³⁶tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

³⁷tn Heb “find,” “encounter.”

³⁸tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

³⁹tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁴⁰tn Heb “evils.”

⁴¹tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.

⁴²tn Heb “my.”

⁴³tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.

⁴⁴tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁴⁵tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁴⁶tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁴⁷tn Heb “and are satisfied.”

⁴⁸tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁴⁹tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “totally.”

⁵⁰tn Heb “do the evil.”

⁵¹tn Heb “the work of your hands.”