Deuteronomy 3:20
3:20 You must fight 1 until the Lord gives your countrymen victory 2 as he did you and they take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given you.”
Deuteronomy 22:2
22:2 If the owner 3 does not live 4 near you or you do not know who the owner is, 5 then you must corral the animal 6 at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.
Deuteronomy 24:13
24:13 You must by all means 7 return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just 8 deed by the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 24:19
24:19 Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, 9 you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do. 10
Deuteronomy 28:68
28:68 Then the Lord will make you return to Egypt by ship, over a route I said to you that you would never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
1 tn The words “you must fight” are not present in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “gives your brothers rest.”
3 tn Heb “your brother” (also later in this verse).
4 tn Heb “is not.” The idea of “residing” is implied.
5 tn Heb “and you do not know him.”
6 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the ox or sheep mentioned in v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “by all means.”
8 tn Or “righteous” (so NIV, NLT).
9 tn Heb “in the field.”
10 tn Heb “of your hands.” This law was later applied in the story of Ruth who, as a poor widow, was allowed by generous Boaz to glean in his fields (Ruth 2:1-13).