Deuteronomy 2:14

2:14 Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them.

Deuteronomy 8:3

8:3 So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. ¹  He did this to teach you ²  that humankind ³  cannot live by bread ⁴  alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord’s mouth. ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 9:28

9:28 Otherwise the people of the land ⁶  from which you brought us will say, “The Lord was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the desert.” ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 15:9

15:9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude ⁸  be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite ⁹  and you do not lend ¹⁰  him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. ¹¹ 

Deuteronomy 31:7

31:7 Then Moses called out to Joshua ¹²  in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the Lord promised to give their ancestors, ¹³  and you will enable them to inherit it.

Deuteronomy 31:29

31:29 For I know that after I die you will totally ¹⁴  corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly ¹⁵  before the Lord, inciting him to anger because of your actions.” ¹⁶ 

Deuteronomy 33:29

33:29 You have joy, Israel! Who is like you?

You are a people delivered by the Lord,

your protective shield

and your exalted sword.

May your enemies cringe before you;

may you trample on their backs.

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¹ tn Heb “manna which you and your ancestors did not know.” By popular etymology the word “manna” comes from the Hebrew phrase מָן הוּא (man hu’), i.e., “What is it?” (Exod 16:15). The question remains unanswered to this very day. Elsewhere the material is said to be “white like coriander seed” with “a taste like honey cakes” (Exod 16:31; cf. Num 11:7). Modern attempts to associate it with various desert plants are unsuccessful for the text says it was a new thing and, furthermore, one that appeared and disappeared miraculously (Exod 16:21-27).

² tn Heb “in order to make known to you.” In the Hebrew text this statement is subordinated to what precedes, resulting in a very long sentence in English. The translation makes this statement a separate sentence for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “the man,” but in a generic sense, referring to the whole human race (“mankind” or “humankind”).

⁴ tn The Hebrew term may refer to “food” in a more general sense (cf. CEV).

⁵ sn Jesus quoted this text to the devil in the midst of his forty-day fast to make the point that spiritual nourishment is incomparably more important than mere physical bread (Matt 4:4; cf. Luke 4:4).

⁶ tc The MT reads only “the land.” Smr supplies עַם (’am, “people”) and LXX and its dependents supply “the inhabitants of the land.” The truncated form found in the MT is adequate to communicate the intended meaning; the words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

⁸ tn Heb “your eye.”

⁹ tn Heb “your needy brother.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “give” (likewise in v. 10).

¹¹ tn Heb “it will be a sin to you.”

¹² tn The Hebrew text includes “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 20).

¹⁴ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “totally.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “do the evil.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “the work of your hands.”