Deuteronomy 10:4

10:4 The Lord ¹  then wrote on the tablets the same words, ²  the ten commandments, ³  which he ⁴  had spoken to you at the mountain from the middle of the fire at the time of that assembly, and he ⁵  gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 13:3

13:3 You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, ⁶  for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him ⁷  with all your mind and being. ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 18:18

18:18 I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

Deuteronomy 28:58

The Curse of Covenant Termination

28:58 “If you refuse to obey ⁹  all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,

Deuteronomy 29:1

Narrative Interlude

29:1 (28:69) ¹⁰  These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb. ¹¹ 

Deuteronomy 29:19

29:19 When such a person ¹²  hears the words of this oath he secretly ¹³  blesses himself ¹⁴  and says, “I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” ¹⁵  This will destroy ¹⁶  the watered ground with the parched. ¹⁷ 

Deuteronomy 29:29

29:29 Secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants ¹⁸  forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 31:12

31:12 Gather the people – men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages – so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law.

---

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “according to the former writing.” See note on the phrase “the same words” in v. 2.

³ tn Heb “ten words.” The “Ten Commandments” are known in Hebrew as the “Ten Words,” which in Greek became the “Decalogue.”

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁵ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” earlier in this verse.

⁶ tn Heb “or dreamer of dreams.” See note on this expression in v. 1.

⁷ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁸ tn Heb “all your heart and soul” (so NRSV, CEV, NLT); or “heart and being” (NCV “your whole being”). See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

⁹ tn Heb “If you are not careful to do.”

¹⁰ sn Beginning with 29:1, the verse numbers through 29:29 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:1 ET = 28:69 HT, 29:2 ET = 29:1 HT, 29:3 ET = 29:2 HT, etc., through 29:29 ET = 29:28 HT. With 30:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

¹¹ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (which some English versions substitute here for clarity, cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the subject of the warning in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “in his heart.”

¹⁴ tn Or “invokes a blessing on himself.” A formalized word of blessing is in view, the content of which appears later in the verse.

¹⁵ tn Heb “heart.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “thus destroying.” For stylistic reasons the translation begins a new sentence here.

¹⁷ tn Heb “the watered with the parched.” The word “ground” is implied. The exact meaning of the phrase is uncertain although it appears to be figurative. This appears to be a proverbial observation employing a figure of speech (a merism) suggesting totality. That is, the Israelite who violates the letter and even spirit of the covenant will harm not only himself but everything he touches – “the watered and the parched.” Cf. CEV “you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NIV, NRSV “children.”