Deuteronomy 1:6

Events at Horeb

1:6 The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, “You have stayed ¹  in the area of this mountain long enough.

Deuteronomy 1:20

1:20 Then I said to you, “You have come to the Amorite hill country which the Lord our God is about to give ²  us.

Deuteronomy 2:33

2:33 the Lord our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, along with his sons ³  and everyone else. ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 3:1

Defeat of King Og of Bashan

3:1 Next we set out on ⁵  the route to Bashan, ⁶  but King Og of Bashan and his whole army ⁷  came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 5:25

5:25 But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die!

Deuteronomy 6:21

6:21 you must say to them, ⁹  “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way. ¹⁰ 

Deuteronomy 26:7-8

26:7 So we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he ¹¹  heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression. 26:8 Therefore the Lord brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power, ¹²  as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders.

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¹ tn Heb “lived”; “dwelled.”

² tn The Hebrew participle has an imminent future sense here, although many English versions treat it as a present tense (“is giving us,” NAB, NIV, NRSV) or a predictive future (“will give us,” NCV).

³ tc The translation follows the Qere or marginal reading; the Kethib (consonantal text) has the singular, “his son.”

⁴ tn Heb “all his people.”

⁵ tn Heb “turned and went up.”

⁶ sn Bashan. This plateau country, famous for its oaks (Isa 2:13) and cattle (Deut 32:14; Amos 4:1), was north of Gilead along the Yarmuk River.

⁷ tn Heb “people.”

⁸ sn Edrei is probably modern Deràa, 60 mi (95 km) south of Damascus (see Num 21:33; Josh 12:4; 13:12, 31; also mentioned in Deut 1:4).

⁹ tn Heb “to your son.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “by a strong hand.” The image is that of a warrior who, with weapon in hand, overcomes his enemies. The Lord is commonly depicted as a divine warrior in the Book of Deuteronomy (cf. 5:15; 7:8; 9:26; 26:8).

¹¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

¹² tn Heb “by a powerful hand and an extended arm.” These are anthropomorphisms designed to convey God’s tremendously great power in rescuing Israel from their Egyptian bondage. They are preserved literally in many English versions (cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).