Deuteronomy 10:2

10:2 I will write on the tablets the same words ¹  that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark.”

Deuteronomy 13:9

13:9 Instead, you must kill him without fail! ²  Your own hand must be the first to strike him, ³  and then the hands of the whole community.

Deuteronomy 25:6

25:6 Then ⁴  the first son ⁵  she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.

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¹ sn The same words. The care with which the replacement copy must be made underscores the importance of verbal precision in relaying the Lord’s commandments.

² tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with the words “without fail” (cf. NIV “you must certainly put him to death”).

³ tn Heb “to put him to death,” but this is misleading in English for such an action would leave nothing for the others to do.

⁴ tn Heb “and it will be that.”

⁵ tn Heb “the firstborn.” This refers to the oldest male child.