Deuteronomy 1:43
1:43 I spoke to you, but you did not listen. Instead you rebelled against the Lord 1 and recklessly went up to the hill country.
Deuteronomy 13:8
13:8 You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.
Deuteronomy 18:14-15
18:14 Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the Lord your God has not given you permission to do such things.
18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you – from your fellow Israelites; 2 you must listen to him.
Deuteronomy 20:3
20:3 “Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them,
Deuteronomy 23:5
23:5 But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed 3 the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves 4 you.
1 tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.” See note at 1:26.
2 tc The MT expands here on the usual formula by adding “from among you” (cf. Deut 17:15; 18:18; Smr; a number of Greek texts). The expansion seems to be for the purpose of emphasis, i.e., the prophet to come must be not just from Israel but an Israelite by blood.
tn “from your brothers,” but not referring to actual siblings. Cf. NAB “from among your own kinsmen”; NASB “from your countrymen”; NRSV “from among your own people.” A similar phrase occurs in v. 17.
3 tn Heb “the Lord your God changed.” The phrase “the Lord your God” has not been included in the translation here for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy. Moreover, use of the pronoun “he” could create confusion regarding the referent (the Lord or Balaam).
4 tn The verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”) here and commonly elsewhere in the Book of Deuteronomy speaks of God’s elective grace toward Israel. See note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37.