Deuteronomy 5:25

5:25 But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die!

Deuteronomy 10:21

10:21 He is the one you should praise; ¹  he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen.

Deuteronomy 13:12

Punishment of Community Idolatry

13:12 Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you as a place to live, that

Deuteronomy 15:4

15:4 However, there should not be any poor among you, for the Lord ²  will surely bless ³  you in the land that he ⁴  is giving you as an inheritance, ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 19:18

19:18 The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused, ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 21:1

Laws Concerning Unsolved Murder

21:1 If a homicide victim ⁷  should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, ⁸  and no one knows who killed ⁹  him,

Deuteronomy 22:8

22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail ¹⁰  around your roof to avoid being culpable ¹¹  in the event someone should fall from it.

Deuteronomy 24:8

Respect for Human Dignity

24:8 Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely ¹²  all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.

Deuteronomy 24:21

24:21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; ¹³  they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

Deuteronomy 25:1

25:1 If controversy arises between people, ¹⁴  they should go to court for judgment. When the judges ¹⁵  hear the case, they shall exonerate ¹⁶  the innocent but condemn ¹⁷  the guilty.

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¹ tn Heb “your praise.” The pronoun is subjective and the noun “praise” is used here metonymically for the object of their praise (the Lord).

² tc After the phrase “the Lord” many mss and versions add “your God” to complete the usual full epithet.

³ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “surely.” Note however, that the use is rhetorical, for the next verse attaches a condition.

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁵ tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess.”

⁶ tn Heb “his brother” (also in the following verse).

⁷ tn Heb “slain [one].” The term חָלָל (khalal) suggests something other than a natural death (cf. Num 19:16; 23:24; Jer 51:52; Ezek 26:15; 30:24; 31:17-18).

⁸ tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “struck,” but in context a fatal blow is meant; cf. NLT “who committed the murder.”

¹⁰ tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”

¹¹ tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”

¹² tn Heb “to watch carefully and to do.”

¹³ tn Heb “glean after you.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “men.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the judges) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “declare to be just”; KJV, NASB “justify the righteous”; NAB, NIV “acquitting the innocent.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “declare to be evil”; NIV “condemning the guilty (+ party NAB).”