Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 1:3 
Context1:3 However, it was not until 1 the first day of the eleventh month 2 of the fortieth year 3 that Moses addressed the Israelites just as 4 the Lord had instructed him to do.
Deuteronomy 3:18
Context3:18 At that time I instructed you as follows: “The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites 5 equipped for battle.
Deuteronomy 4:46
Context4:46 in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. (It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 15:11
Context15:11 There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open 6 your hand to your fellow Israelites 7 who are needy and poor in your land.
Deuteronomy 17:15
Context17:15 you must select without fail 8 a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens 9 you must appoint a king – you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites. 10
Deuteronomy 18:18
Context18:18 I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.
Deuteronomy 24:7
Context24:7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, 11 and regards him as mere property 12 and sells him, that kidnapper 13 must die. In this way you will purge 14 evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 24:14
Context24:14 You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites 15 or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. 16
Deuteronomy 31:23
Context31:23 and the Lord 17 commissioned Joshua son of Nun, “Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you.” 18
Deuteronomy 32:49
Context32:49 “Go up to this Abarim 19 hill country, to Mount Nebo (which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho 20 ) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.
Deuteronomy 34:9
Context34:9 Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had placed his hands on him; 21 and the Israelites listened to him and did just what the Lord had commanded Moses.
1 tn Heb “in” or “on.” Here there is a contrast between the ordinary time of eleven days (v. 2) and the actual time of forty years, so “not until” brings out that vast disparity.
2 sn The eleventh month is Shebat in the Hebrew calendar, January/February in the modern (Gregorian) calendar.
3 sn The fortieth year would be 1406
4 tn Heb “according to all which.”
5 tn Heb “your brothers, the sons of Israel.”
6 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “make sure.”
7 tn Heb “your brother.”
8 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “without fail.”
9 tn Heb “your brothers,” but not referring to siblings (cf. NIV “your brother Israelites”; NLT “a fellow Israelite”). The same phrase also occurs in v. 20.
10 tn Heb “your brothers.” See the preceding note on “fellow citizens.”
11 tn Heb “from his brothers, from the sons of Israel.” The terms “brothers” and “sons of Israel” are in apposition; the second defines the first more specifically.
12 tn Or “and enslaves him.”
13 tn Heb “that thief.”
14 tn Heb “burn.” See note on the word “purge” in Deut 19:19.
15 tn Heb “your brothers,” but not limited only to actual siblings; cf. NASB “your (+ own NAB) countrymen.”
16 tn Heb “who are in your land in your gates.” The word “living” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
17 tn Heb “he.” Since the pronoun could be taken to refer to Moses, the referent has been specified as “the
18 tc The LXX reads, “as the
19 sn Abarim. This refers to the high plateau region of the Transjordan, the highest elevation of which is Mount Pisgah (or Nebo; cf. Deut 34:1). See also the note on the name “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.
20 map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
