Deuteronomy 15:21

15:21 If they have any kind of blemish – lameness, blindness, or anything else 1  – you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 16:21

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16:21 You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole 2  near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.

Deuteronomy 24:10

24:10 When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security. 3 

Deuteronomy 28:61

28:61 Moreover, the Lord will bring upon you every kind of sickness and plague not mentioned in this scroll of commandments, 4  until you have perished.

1 tn Heb “any evil blemish”; NASB “any (+ other NAB, TEV) serious defect.”

2 tn Heb “an Asherah, any tree.”

sn Sacred Asherah pole. This refers to a tree (or wooden pole) dedicated to the worship of Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. See also Deut 7:5.

3 tn Heb “his pledge.” This refers to something offered as pledge of repayment, i.e., as security for the debt.

4 tn The Hebrew term תּוֹרָה (torah) can refer either (1) to the whole Pentateuch or, more likely, (2) to the book of Deuteronomy or even (3) only to this curse section of the covenant text. “Scroll” better reflects the actual document, since “book” conveys the notion of a bound book with pages to the modern English reader. Cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV “the book of this law”; NIV, NLT “this Book of the Law”; TEV “this book of God’s laws and teachings.”