21:29 Woe to you, Moab.
You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! 4
He has made his sons fugitives,
and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites.
29:1 “‘On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a holy assembly. You must not do your ordinary work, for it is a day of blowing trumpets for you.
1 tn The relative pronoun “which” is joined with the resumptive pronoun “in it” to form a smoother reading “where.”
2 tn The Hebrew text uses the anthropomorphic expression “I raised my hand” in taking an oath.
3 tn Heb “to cause you to dwell; to cause you to settle.”
4 sn The note of holy war emerges here as the victory is a victory over the local gods as well as over the people.
5 tn Heb “slay – a man his men.” The imperative is plural, and so “man” is to be taken collectively as “each of you men.”
6 tn Or “command.”
7 tn Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”