Deuteronomy 10:1

The Opportunity to Begin Again

10:1 At that same time the Lord said to me, “Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 13:2

13:2 and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”

Deuteronomy 17:14

Provision for Kingship

17:14 When you come to the land the Lord your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say, “I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”

Deuteronomy 26:3

26:3 You must go to the priest in office at that time and say to him, “I declare today to the Lord your ²  God that I have come into the land that the Lord ³  promised ⁴  to our ancestors ⁵  to give us.”

Deuteronomy 28:15

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore ⁶  the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: ⁷ 

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¹ tn Or “chest” (so NIV, CEV); NLT “sacred chest”; TEV “wooden box.” This chest was made of acacia wood; it is later known as the ark of the covenant.

² tc For the MT reading “your God,” certain LXX mss have “my God,” a contextually superior rendition followed by some English versions (e.g., NAB, NASB, TEV). Perhaps the text reflects dittography of the kaf (כ) at the end of the word with the following preposition כִּי (ki).

³ tc The Syriac adds “your God” to complete the usual formula.

⁴ tn Heb “swore on oath.”

⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 7, 15).

⁶ tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

⁷ tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”