Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 1:16 
Context1:16 I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they 1 should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens 2 and judge fairly, 3 whether between one citizen and another 4 or a citizen and a resident foreigner. 5
Deuteronomy 4:9
Context4:9 Again, however, pay very careful attention, 6 lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
Deuteronomy 5:27
Context5:27 You go near so that you can hear everything the Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he 7 says to you; then we will pay attention and do it.”
Deuteronomy 11:8
Context11:8 Now pay attention to all the commandments 8 I am giving 9 you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed, 10
Deuteronomy 11:13
Context11:13 Now, if you pay close attention 11 to my commandments that I am giving you today and love 12 the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being, 13
Deuteronomy 11:28
Context11:28 and the curse if you pay no attention 14 to his 15 commandments and turn from the way I am setting before 16 you today to pursue 17 other gods you have not known.
Deuteronomy 17:12
Context17:12 The person who pays no attention 18 to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 21:20
Context21:20 They must declare to the elders 19 of his city, “Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say – he is a glutton and drunkard.”
1 tn Or “you.” A number of English versions treat the remainder of this verse and v. 17 as direct discourse rather than indirect discourse (cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
2 tn Heb “brothers.” The term “brothers” could, in English, be understood to refer to siblings, so “fellow citizens” has been used in the translation.
3 tn The Hebrew word צֶדֶק (tsedeq, “fairly”) carries the basic idea of conformity to a norm of expected behavior or character, one established by God himself. Fair judgment adheres strictly to that norm or standard (see D. Reimer, NIDOTTE 3:750).
4 tn Heb “between a man and his brother.”
5 tn Heb “his stranger” or “his sojourner”; NAB, NIV “an alien”; NRSV “resident alien.” The Hebrew word גֵּר (ger) commonly means “foreigner.”
6 tn Heb “watch yourself and watch your soul carefully.”
7 tn Heb “the
8 tn Heb “the commandment.” The singular מִצְוָה (mitsvah, “commandment”) speaks here as elsewhere of the whole corpus of covenant stipulations in Deuteronomy (cf. 6:1, 25; 7:11; 8:1).
9 tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in vv. 13, 27).
10 tn Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”
11 tn Heb “if hearing, you will hear.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute to emphasize the verbal idea. The translation renders this emphasis with the word “close.”
12 tn Again, the Hebrew term אָהַב (’ahav) draws attention to the reciprocation of divine love as a condition or sign of covenant loyalty (cf. Deut 6:5).
13 tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.
14 tn Heb “do not listen to,” that is, do not obey.
15 tn Heb “the commandments of the
16 tn Heb “am commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).
17 tn Heb “walk after”; NIV “by following”; NLT “by worshiping.” This is a violation of the first commandment, the most serious of the covenant violations (Deut 5:6-7).
18 tn Heb “who acts presumptuously not to listen” (cf. NASB).
19 tc The LXX and Smr read “to the men,” probably to conform to this phrase in v. 21. However, since judicial cases were the responsibility of the elders in such instances (cf. Deut 19:12; 21:3, 6; 25:7-8) the reading of the MT is likely original and correct here.
