2:24 Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, 8 and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!
4:25 After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, 9 if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind 10 and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him, 11
9:7 Remember – don’t ever forget 15 – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him. 16
18:20 “But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized 40 him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.
21:15 Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, 53 and they both 54 bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.
24:1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive 62 in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.
31:14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent 77 of meeting 78 so that I can commission him.” 79 So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
33:9 He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” 80
and he did not acknowledge his own brothers
or know his own children,
for they kept your word,
and guarded your covenant.
34:1 Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. 81 The Lord showed him the whole land – Gilead to Dan,
1 tn Heb “in” or “on.” Here there is a contrast between the ordinary time of eleven days (v. 2) and the actual time of forty years, so “not until” brings out that vast disparity.
2 sn The eleventh month is Shebat in the Hebrew calendar, January/February in the modern (Gregorian) calendar.
3 sn The fortieth year would be 1406
4 tn Heb “according to all which.”
5 tn Heb “the
6 sn Caleb had, with Joshua, brought back to Israel a minority report from Canaan urging a conquest of the land, for he was confident of the
7 tn Heb “the
8 sn Heshbon is the name of a prominent site (now Tell Hesba„n, about 7.5 mi [12 km] south southwest of Amman, Jordan). Sihon made it his capital after having driven Moab from the area and forced them south to the Arnon (Num 21:26-30). Heshbon is also mentioned in Deut 1:4.
9 tn Heb “have grown old in the land,” i.e., been there for a long time.
10 tn Heb “a form of anything.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, TEV “an idol.”
11 tn The infinitive construct is understood here as indicating the result, not the intention, of their actions.
12 tn Heb “the
13 tn Heb “the God.” The article here expresses uniqueness; cf. TEV “is the only God”; NLT “is indeed God.”
14 tn Heb “who keeps covenant and loyalty.” The syndetic construction of בְּרִית (bÿrit) and חֶסֶד (khesed) should be understood not as “covenant” plus “loyalty” but as an adverbial construction in which חֶסֶד (“loyalty”) modifies the verb שָׁמַר (shamar, “keeps”).
15 tn By juxtaposing the positive זְכֹר (zekhor, “remember”) with the negative אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח (’al-tishÿkakh, “do not forget”), Moses makes a most emphatic plea.
16 tn Heb “the
17 tn Heb “the
18 tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord your God,” that is, against the commandment that he had spoken.
19 tn Heb “the
20 tn Heb “Lord
21 tn Heb “your inheritance”; NLT “your special (very own NRSV) possession.” Israel is compared to landed property that one would inherit from his ancestors and pass on to his descendants.
22 tn Heb “you have redeemed in your greatness.”
23 tn Heb “by your strong hand.”
24 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.”
25 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).
26 tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.
27 tn Heb “this commandment.” See note at Deut 5:30.
28 tn Heb “commanding you to do it.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation and “to do it” has been left untranslated.
29 tn Heb “walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV); TEV “do everything he commands.”
30 tn Heb “you must not do thus to/for the
31 tn See note on this term at Deut 7:25.
32 tn Heb “every abomination of the
33 tn Heb “or dreamer of dreams.” See note on this expression in v. 1.
34 tn Heb “the
35 tn Heb “all your heart and soul” (so NRSV, CEV, NLT); or “heart and being” (NCV “your whole being”). See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.
36 sn Execution by means of pelting the offender with stones afforded a mechanism whereby the whole community could share in it. In a very real sense it could be done not only in the name of the community and on its behalf but by its members (cf. Lev 24:14; Num 15:35; Deut 21:21; Josh 7:25).
37 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “by all means.”
38 tc Heb “your heart must not be grieved in giving to him.” The LXX and Orig add, “you shall surely lend to him sufficient for his need,” a suggestion based on the same basic idea in v. 8. Such slavish adherence to stock phrases is without warrant in most cases, and certainly here.
39 tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁנֶה (mishneh, “twice”) could mean “equivalent to” (cf. NRSV) or, more likely, “double” (cf. NAB, NIV, NLT). The idea is that a hired worker would put in only so many hours per day whereas a bondslave was available around the clock.
40 tn Or “commanded” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).
41 tn Heb “the
42 tn Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. NAB “his oracle.”
43 tn Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”
44 tn Heb “the
45 tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”
46 tn Heb “and this is the word pertaining to the one who kills who flees there and lives.”
47 tn Heb “who strikes his neighbor without knowledge.”
48 tn Heb “yesterday and a third (day)” (likewise in v. 6). The point is that there was no animosity between the two parties at the time of the accident and therefore no motive for the killing. Cf. NAB “had previously borne no malice”; NRSV “had not been at enmity before.”
49 tn Heb “the priests, the sons of Levi.”
50 tn Heb “in the name of the
51 tn Heb “by their mouth.”
52 tn Heb “every controversy and every blow.”
53 tn Heb “one whom he loves and one whom he hates.” For the idea of שָׂנֵא (sane’, “hate”) meaning to be rejected or loved less (cf. NRSV “disliked”), see Gen 29:31, 33; Mal 1:2-3. Cf. A. Konkel, NIDOTTE 3:1256-60.
54 tn Heb “both the one whom he loves and the one whom he hates.” On the meaning of the phrase “one whom he loves and one whom he hates” see the note on the word “other” earlier in this verse. The translation has been simplified for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
55 tn The Hebrew term בִּעַרְתָּה (bi’artah), here and elsewhere in such contexts (cf. Deut 13:5; 17:7, 12; 19:19; 21:9), suggests God’s anger which consumes like fire (thus בָעַר, ba’ar, “to burn”). See H. Ringgren, TDOT 2:203-4.
56 tc Some LXX traditions read הַנִּשְׁאָרִים (hannish’arim, “those who remain”) for the MT’s יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra’el, “Israel”), understandable in light of Deut 19:20. However, the more difficult reading found in the MT is more likely original.
57 tn Heb “you must not see.” See note at 22:1.
58 tn Heb “and (must not) hide yourself from them.”
59 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “be sure.”
60 tn Heb “help him to lift them up.” In keeping with English style the singular is used in the translation, and the referent (“the animal”) has been specified for clarity.
61 tn Heb “his neighbor.”
62 tn Heb “nakedness of a thing.” The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (’ervat davar) refers here to some gross sexual impropriety (see note on “indecent” in Deut 23:14). Though the term usually has to do only with indecent exposure of the genitals, it can also include such behavior as adultery (cf. Lev 18:6-18; 20:11, 17, 20-21; Ezek 22:10; 23:29; Hos 2:10).
63 tn Heb “and it will be.”
64 tn Heb “if the evil one is a son of smiting.”
65 tn Heb “according to his wickedness, by number.”
66 tc For the MT reading “your God,” certain LXX
67 tc The Syriac adds “your God” to complete the usual formula.
68 tn Heb “swore on oath.”
69 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 7, 15).
70 tn Heb “the
71 tn Heb “set him apart.”
72 tn Heb “for evil”; NAB “for doom”; NASB “for adversity”; NIV “for disaster”; NRSV “for calamity.”
73 tn Heb “circumcise” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “will give you and your descendents obedient hearts.” See note on the word “cleanse” in Deut 10:16.
74 tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).
75 tn Heb “the
76 tn Heb “to the
77 tc The LXX reads “by the door of the tent” in line with v. 10 but also, perhaps, as a reflection of its tendency to avoid over-familiarity with Yahweh and his transcendence.
78 tn Heb “tent of assembly” (מוֹעֵד אֹהֶל, ’ohel mo’ed); this is not always the same as the tabernacle, which is usually called מִשְׁכָּן (mishkan, “dwelling-place”), a reference to its being invested with God’s presence. The “tent of meeting” was erected earlier than the tabernacle and was the place where Yahweh occasionally appeared, especially to Moses (cf. Exod 18:7-16; 33:7-11; Num 11:16, 24, 26; 12:4).
79 tn Heb “I will command him.”
80 sn This statement no doubt alludes to the Levites’ destruction of their own fellow tribesmen following the golden calf incident (Exod 32:25-29).
81 sn For the geography involved, see note on the term “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.
map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
82 tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).
83 tn The Hebrew text includes “with your eyes,” but this is redundant in English and is left untranslated.