Deuteronomy 4:7
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?
Deuteronomy 16:10
16:10 Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks 1 before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering 2 that you will bring, in proportion to how he 3 has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 20:18
20:18 so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship 4 their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.
1 tn The Hebrew phrase חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת (khag shavu’ot) is otherwise known in the OT (Exod 23:16) as קָצִיר (qatsir, “harvest”) and in the NT as πεντηχοστή (penthcosth, “Pentecost”).
2 tn Heb “the sufficiency of the offering of your hand.”
3 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.
4 tn Heb “to do according to all their abominations which they do for their gods.”