Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 1:13 
Context1:13 Select wise and practical 1 men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”
Deuteronomy 6:8
Context6:8 You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm 2 and fasten them as symbols 3 on your forehead.
Deuteronomy 15:20
Context15:20 You and your household must eat them annually before the Lord your God in the place he 4 chooses.
Deuteronomy 16:5
Context16:5 You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages 5 that the Lord your God is giving you,
Deuteronomy 20:11
Context20:11 If it accepts your terms 6 and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves. 7
1 tn The Hebrew verb נְבֹנִים (nÿvonim, from בִּין [bin]) is a Niphal referring to skill or intelligence (see T. Fretheim, NIDOTTE 1:652-53).
2 sn Tie them as a sign on your forearm. Later Jewish tradition referred to the little leather containers tied to the forearms and foreheads as tefillin. They were to contain the following passages from the Torah: Exod 13:1-10, 11-16; Deut 6:5-9; 11:13-21. The purpose was to serve as a “sign” of covenant relationship and obedience.
3 sn Fasten them as symbols on your forehead. These were also known later as tefillin (see previous note) or phylacteries (from the Greek term). These box-like containers, like those on the forearms, held the same scraps of the Torah. It was the hypocritical practice of wearing these without heartfelt sincerity that caused Jesus to speak scathingly about them (cf. Matt 23:5).
4 tn Heb “the Lord.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons. See note on “he” in 15:4.
5 tn Heb “gates.”
6 tn Heb “if it answers you peace.”
7 tn Heb “become as a vassal and will serve you.” The Hebrew term translated slaves (מַס, mas) refers either to Israelites who were pressed into civil service, especially under Solomon (1 Kgs 5:27; 9:15, 21; 12:18), or (as here) to foreigners forced as prisoners of war to become slaves to Israel. The Gibeonites exemplify this type of servitude (Josh 9:3-27; cf. Josh 16:10; 17:13; Judg 1:28, 30-35; Isa 31:8; Lam 1:1).
