Deuteronomy 9:6
9:6 Understand, therefore, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is about to give you this good land as a possession, for you are a stubborn 1 people!
Deuteronomy 15:11
15:11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open 2 your hand to your fellow Israelites 3 who are needy and poor in your land.
Deuteronomy 30:19
30:19 Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!
1 tn Heb “stiff-necked” (so KJV, NAB, NIV).
sn The Hebrew word translated stubborn means “stiff-necked.” The image is that of a draft animal that is unsubmissive to the rein or yoke and refuses to bend its neck to draw the load. This is an apt description of OT Israel (Exod 32:9; 33:3, 5; 34:9; Deut 9:13).
2 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “make sure.”
3 tn Heb “your brother.”