Deuteronomy 5:33

5:33 Walk just as he ¹  has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long ²  in the land you are going to possess.

Deuteronomy 9:26

9:26 I prayed to him: ³  O, Lord God, ⁴  do not destroy your people, your valued property ⁵  that you have powerfully redeemed, ⁶  whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength. ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 19:14

Laws Concerning Witnesses

19:14 You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, ⁸  which will have been defined ⁹  in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

² tn Heb “may prolong your days”; NAB “may have long life”; TEV “will continue to live.”

³ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.

⁴ tn Heb “Lord Lord” (אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, ’adonay yÿhvih). The phrase is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God” (אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהִים, ’adonay ’elohim). See also the note on the phrase “Lord God” in Deut 3:24.

⁵ tn Heb “your inheritance”; NLT “your special (very own NRSV) possession.” Israel is compared to landed property that one would inherit from his ancestors and pass on to his descendants.

⁶ tn Heb “you have redeemed in your greatness.”

⁷ tn Heb “by your strong hand.”

⁸ tn Heb “border.” Cf. NRSV “You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker.”

⁹ tn Heb “which they set off from the beginning.”

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.” This phrase has been left untranslated to avoid redundancy.