Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 1:19 
Context1:19 Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.
Deuteronomy 2:7
Context2:7 All along the way I, the Lord your God, 1 have blessed your every effort. 2 I have 3 been attentive to 4 your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have 5 been with you; you have lacked for nothing.’”
Deuteronomy 8:2
Context8:2 Remember the whole way by which he 6 has brought you these forty years through the desert 7 so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 8:15
Context8:15 and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents 8 and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow 9 from a flint rock and
Deuteronomy 15:17
Context15:17 you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. 10 Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well).
1 tn The Hebrew text does not have the first person pronoun; it has been supplied for purposes of English style (the Lord is speaking here).
2 tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”
3 tn Heb “he has.” This has been converted to first person in the translation in keeping with English style.
4 tn Heb “known” (so ASV, NASB); NAB “been concerned about.”
5 tn Heb “the
6 tn Heb “the
7 tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NRSV, NLT); likewise in v. 15.
8 tn Heb “flaming serpents”; KJV, NASB “fiery serpents”; NAB “saraph serpents.” This figure of speech (metonymy) probably describes the venomous and painful results of snakebite. The feeling from such an experience would be like a burning fire (שָׂרָף, saraf).
9 tn Heb “the one who brought out for you water.” In the Hebrew text this continues the preceding sentence, but the translation begins a new sentence here for stylistic reasons.
10 sn When the bondslave’s ear was drilled through to the door, the door in question was that of the master’s house. In effect, the bondslave is declaring his undying and lifelong loyalty to his creditor. The scar (or even hole) in the earlobe would testify to the community that the slave had surrendered independence and personal rights. This may be what Paul had in mind when he said “I bear on my body the marks of Jesus” (Gal 6:17).
