Deuteronomy 1:3
1:3 However, it was not until 1 the first day of the eleventh month 2 of the fortieth year 3 that Moses addressed the Israelites just as 4 the Lord had instructed him to do.
Deuteronomy 2:37
2:37 However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, 5 the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the Lord our God.
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 14:26
14:26 Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and enjoy it.
Deuteronomy 20:14
20:14 However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city – all its plunder – you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the Lord your God has given you.
Deuteronomy 20:20
20:20 However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, 7 and you may use it to build siege works 8 against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.
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 b.c. according to the “early” date of the exodus. See E. H. Merrill, Kingdom of Priests, 66-75.
4 tn Heb “according to all which.”
5 sn Wadi Jabbok. Now known as the Zerqa River, this is a major tributary of the Jordan that normally served as a boundary between Ammon and Gad (Deut 3:16).
6 tn Heb “watch yourself and watch your soul carefully.”
7 tn Heb “however, a tree which you know is not a tree for food you may destroy and cut down.”
8 tn Heb “[an] enclosure.” The term מָצוֹר (matsor) may refer to encircling ditches or to surrounding stagings. See R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 238.