Deuteronomy 9:21

9:21 As for your sinful thing ¹  that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down, ²  ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.

Deuteronomy 26:10

26:10 So now, look! I have brought the first of the ground’s produce that you, Lord, have given me.” Then you must set it down before the Lord your God and worship before him. ³ 

Deuteronomy 28:56

28:56 Likewise, the most ⁴  tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, ⁵  will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,

Deuteronomy 29:19

29:19 When such a person ⁶  hears the words of this oath he secretly ⁷  blesses himself ⁸  and says, “I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” ⁹  This will destroy ¹⁰  the watered ground with the parched. ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Heb “your sin.” This is a metonymy in which the effect (sin) stands for the cause (the metal calf).

² tn Heb “burned it with fire.”

³ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

⁴ tc The LXX adds σφόδρα (sfodra, “very”) to bring the description into line with v. 54.

⁵ tn Heb “delicateness and tenderness.”

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the subject of the warning in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “in his heart.”

⁸ tn Or “invokes a blessing on himself.” A formalized word of blessing is in view, the content of which appears later in the verse.

⁹ tn Heb “heart.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “thus destroying.” For stylistic reasons the translation begins a new sentence here.

¹¹ tn Heb “the watered with the parched.” The word “ground” is implied. The exact meaning of the phrase is uncertain although it appears to be figurative. This appears to be a proverbial observation employing a figure of speech (a merism) suggesting totality. That is, the Israelite who violates the letter and even spirit of the covenant will harm not only himself but everything he touches – “the watered and the parched.” Cf. CEV “you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.”