Deuteronomy 12:18
12:18 Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he 1 chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites 2 in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor. 3
Deuteronomy 16:11
16:11 You shall rejoice before him 4 – you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, 5 the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.
Deuteronomy 30:9
30:9 The Lord your God will make the labor of your hands 6 abundantly successful and multiply your children, 7 the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the Lord your God will once more 8 rejoice over you to make you prosperous 9 just as he rejoiced over your ancestors,
1 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.
2 tn See note at Deut 12:12.
3 tn Heb “in all the sending forth of your hands.”
4 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.
5 tn Heb “gates.”
6 tc The MT reads “hand” (singular). Most versions read the plural.
7 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV); NRSV “of your body.”
8 tn Heb “return and.” The Hebrew verb is used idiomatically here to indicate the repetition of the following action.
9 tn The Hebrew text includes “for good.”