Deuteronomy 4:27
4:27 Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you 1 among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
Deuteronomy 10:9
10:9 Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance 2 among his brothers; 3 the Lord is his inheritance just as the Lord your God told him.
Deuteronomy 10:17
10:17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,
Deuteronomy 18:12
18:12 Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord and because of these detestable things 4 the Lord your God is about to drive them out 5 from before you.
Deuteronomy 23:5
23:5 But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed 6 the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves 7 you.
Deuteronomy 27:6
27:6 You must build the altar of the Lord your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 33:12
Blessing on Benjamin
33:12 Of Benjamin he said:
The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him;
he protects him all the time,
and the Lord 8 places him on his chest. 9
1 tn Heb “you will be left men (i.e., few) of number.”
2 sn Levi has no allotment or inheritance. As the priestly tribe, Levi would have no land allotment except for forty-eight towns set apart for their use (Num 35:1-8; Josh 21:1-42). But theirs was a far greater inheritance, for the Lord himself was their apportionment, that is, service to him would be their full-time and lifelong privilege (Num 18:20-24; Deut 18:2; Josh 13:33).
3 tn That is, among the other Israelite tribes.
4 tn Heb “these abhorrent things.” The repetition is emphatic. For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, the same term used earlier in the verse has been translated “detestable” here.
5 tn The translation understands the Hebrew participial form as having an imminent future sense here.
6 tn Heb “the Lord your God changed.” The phrase “the Lord your God” has not been included in the translation here for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy. Moreover, use of the pronoun “he” could create confusion regarding the referent (the Lord or Balaam).
7 tn The verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”) here and commonly elsewhere in the Book of Deuteronomy speaks of God’s elective grace toward Israel. See note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37.
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “between his shoulders.” This suggests the scene in John 13:23 with Jesus and the Beloved Disciple.