Deuteronomy 2:27

2:27 “Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. ¹  I will not turn aside to the right or the left.

Deuteronomy 22:7

22:7 You must be sure ²  to let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourself. Do this so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.

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¹ tn Heb “in the way in the way” (בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ, baderekh baderekh). The repetition lays great stress on the idea of resolute determination to stick to the path. IBHS 116 §7.2.3c.

² tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “be sure.”