Deuteronomy 4:40

4:40 Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth ¹  today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.

Deuteronomy 7:1

The Dispossession of Nonvassals

7:1 When the Lord your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you – Hittites, ²  Girgashites, ³  Amorites, ⁴  Canaanites, ⁵  Perizzites, ⁶  Hivites, ⁷  and Jebusites, ⁸  seven ⁹  nations more numerous and powerful than you –

Deuteronomy 12:15

Regulations for Profane Slaughter

12:15 On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you ¹⁰  in all your villages. ¹¹  Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex.

Deuteronomy 12:21

12:21 If the place he ¹²  chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he ¹³  has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages ¹⁴  just as you wish.

Deuteronomy 14:29

14:29 Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.

Deuteronomy 15:18

15:18 You should not consider it difficult to let him go free, for he will have served you for six years, twice ¹⁵  the time of a hired worker; the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 17:8

Appeal to a Higher Court

17:8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ¹⁶  legal claim, ¹⁷  or assault ¹⁸  – matters of controversy in your villages ¹⁹  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ²⁰ 

Deuteronomy 17:15

17:15 you must select without fail ²¹  a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens ²²  you must appoint a king – you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites. ²³ 

Deuteronomy 20:1

Laws Concerning War with Distant Enemies

20:1 When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry ²⁴  and troops ²⁵  who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

Deuteronomy 24:19

24:19 Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, ²⁶  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. ²⁷ 

Deuteronomy 26:13

26:13 Then you shall say before the Lord your God, “I have removed the sacred offering ²⁸  from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. ²⁹  I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.

Deuteronomy 28:52

28:52 They will besiege all of your villages ³⁰  until all of your high and fortified walls collapse – those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you.

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¹ tn Heb “commanding” (so NRSV).

² sn Hittites. The center of Hittite power was in Anatolia (central modern Turkey). In the Late Bronze Age (1550-1200 b.c.) they were at their zenith, establishing outposts and colonies near and far. Some elements were obviously in Canaan at the time of the Conquest (1400-1350 b.c.).

³ sn Girgashites. These cannot be ethnically identified and are unknown outside the OT. They usually appear in such lists only when the intention is to have seven groups in all (see also the note on the word “seven” later in this verse).

⁴ sn Amorites. Originally from the upper Euphrates region (Amurru), the Amorites appear to have migrated into Canaan beginning in 2200 b.c. or thereabouts.

⁵ sn Canaanites. These were the indigenous peoples of the land, going back to the beginning of recorded history (ca. 3000 b.c.). The OT identifies them as descendants of Ham (Gen 10:6), the only Hamites to have settled north and east of Egypt.

⁶ sn Perizzites. This is probably a subgroup of Canaanites (Gen 13:7; 34:30).

⁷ sn Hivites. These are usually thought to be the same as the Hurrians, a people well-known in ancient Near Eastern texts. They are likely identical to the Horites (see note on the term “Horites” in Deut 2:12).

⁸ sn Jebusites. These inhabited the hill country, particularly in and about Jerusalem (cf. Num 13:29; Josh 15:8; 2 Sam 5:6; 24:16).

⁹ sn Seven. This is an ideal number in the OT, one symbolizing fullness or completeness. Therefore, the intent of the text here is not to be precise and list all of Israel’s enemies but simply to state that Israel will have a full complement of foes to deal with. For other lists of Canaanites, some with fewer than seven peoples, see Exod 3:8; 13:5; 23:23, 28; 33:2; 34:11; Deut 20:17; Josh 3:10; 9:1; 24:11. Moreover, the “Table of Nations” (Gen 10:15-19) suggests that all of these (possibly excepting the Perizzites) were offspring of Canaan and therefore Canaanites.

¹⁰ tn Heb “only in all the desire of your soul you may sacrifice and eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given to you.”

¹¹ tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB; likewise in vv. 17, 18).

¹² tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

¹³ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

¹⁴ tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in your own community.”

¹⁵ tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁנֶה (mishneh, “twice”) could mean “equivalent to” (cf. NRSV) or, more likely, “double” (cf. NAB, NIV, NLT). The idea is that a hired worker would put in only so many hours per day whereas a bondslave was available around the clock.

¹⁶ tn Heb “between blood and blood.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “between claim and claim.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “between blow and blow.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “gates.”

²⁰ tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind.

²¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “without fail.”

²² tn Heb “your brothers,” but not referring to siblings (cf. NIV “your brother Israelites”; NLT “a fellow Israelite”). The same phrase also occurs in v. 20.

²³ tn Heb “your brothers.” See the preceding note on “fellow citizens.”

²⁴ tn Heb “horse and chariot.”

²⁵ tn Heb “people.”

²⁶ tn Heb “in the field.”

²⁷ 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).

²⁸ tn Heb “the sacred thing.” The term הַקֹּדֶשׁ (haqqodesh) likely refers to an offering normally set apart for the Lord but, as a third-year tithe, given on this occasion to people in need. Sometimes this is translated as “the sacred portion” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV), but that could sound to a modern reader as if a part of the house were being removed and given away.

²⁹ tn Heb “according to all your commandment that you commanded me.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³⁰ tn Heb “gates,” also in vv. 55, 57.