Deuteronomy 4:9
Reminder of the Horeb Covenant
4:9 Again, however, pay very careful attention, 1 lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 22:7
22:7 You must be sure 2 to let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourself. Do this so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life.
Deuteronomy 24:15
24:15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Deuteronomy 25:15
25:15 You must have an accurate and correct 3 stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the Lord your God is about to give you.
Deuteronomy 28:66
28:66 Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be terrified by night and day and will have no certainty of surviving from one day to the next. 4
Deuteronomy 32:39
The Vindication of the Lord
32:39 “See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, 5
“and there is no other god besides me.
I kill and give life,
I smash and I heal,
and none can resist 6 my power.
Deuteronomy 32:47
32:47 For this is no idle word for you – it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
1 tn Heb “watch yourself and watch your soul carefully.”
2 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “be sure.”
3 tn Or “just”; Heb “righteous.”
4 tn Heb “you will not be confident in your life.” The phrase “from one day to the next” is implied by the following verse.
5 tn Verses 39-42 appear to be a quotation of the Lord and so the introductory phrase “says the Lord” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “deliver from” (so NRSV, NLT).