Deuteronomy 3:25

3:25 Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River – this good hill country and the Lebanon!” ¹ 

Deuteronomy 4:7-8

4:7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him? 4:8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just ²  as this whole law ³  that I am about to share with ⁴  you today?

Deuteronomy 4:39

4:39 Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below – there is no other!

Deuteronomy 13:7

13:7 the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth ⁵  to the other).

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ⁶  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ⁷  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 28:14

28:14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving ⁸  you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship ⁹  them.

Deuteronomy 29:26

29:26 They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship. ¹⁰ 

Deuteronomy 30:15

30:15 “Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other.

Deuteronomy 31:18

31:18 But I will certainly ¹¹  hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they ¹²  will have done by turning to other gods.

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¹ tn The article is retained in the translation (“the Lebanon,” cf. also NAB, NRSV) to indicate that a region (rather than the modern country of Lebanon) is referred to here. Other recent English versions accomplish this by supplying “mountains” after “Lebanon” (TEV, CEV, NLT).

² tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”

³ tn The Hebrew phrase הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת (hattorah hazzo’t), in this context, refers specifically to the Book of Deuteronomy. That is, it is the collection of all the חֻקִּים (khuqqim, “statutes,” 4:1) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, “ordinances,” 4:1) to be included in the covenant text. In a full canonical sense, of course, it pertains to the entire Pentateuch or Torah.

⁴ tn Heb “place before.”

⁵ tn Or “land” (so NIV, NCV); the same Hebrew word can be translated “land” or “earth.”

⁶ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

⁷ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

⁸ tn Heb “from all the words which I am commanding.”

⁹ tn Heb “in order to serve.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “did not assign to them”; NASB, NRSV “had not allotted to them.”

¹¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “certainly.”

¹² tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.