Deuteronomy 4:49

4:49 including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, beneath the watershed of Pisgah.)

Deuteronomy 5:8

5:8 You must not make for yourself an image of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath.

Deuteronomy 33:13

Blessing on Joseph

33:13 Of Joseph he said:

May the Lord bless his land

with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew,

and by the depths crouching beneath;


sn The sea of the Arabah refers to the Dead Sea, also known as the Salt Sea in OT times (cf. Deut 3:17).

tn The meaning of the Hebrew term אַשְׁדֹּת (’ashdot) is unclear. It is usually translated either “slopes” (ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) or “watershed” (NEB).

tn Heb “an image, any likeness.”

tn Heb “under the earth” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “below the land.”

tn Heb “from the harvest of the heavens.” The referent appears to be good crops produced by the rain that falls from the sky.