Deuteronomy 11:18

11:18 Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, ¹  and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols ²  on your forehead.

Deuteronomy 13:14

13:14 You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you, ³ 

Deuteronomy 22:8

22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail ⁴  around your roof to avoid being culpable ⁵  in the event someone should fall from it.

Deuteronomy 25:6

25:6 Then ⁶  the first son ⁷  she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.

Deuteronomy 30:2

30:2 Then if you and your descendants ⁸  turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being ⁹  just as ¹⁰  I am commanding you today,

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¹ tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

² tn On the Hebrew term טוֹטָפֹת (totafot, “reminders”), cf. Deut 6:4-9.

³ tc Theodotian adds “in Israel,” perhaps to broaden the matter beyond the local village.

⁴ tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”

⁵ tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”

⁶ tn Heb “and it will be that.”

⁷ tn Heb “the firstborn.” This refers to the oldest male child.

⁸ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”

⁹ tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).

¹⁰ tn Heb “according to all.”