Deuteronomy 10:15
Context10:15 However, only to your ancestors did he 1 show his loving favor, 2 and he chose you, their descendants, 3 from all peoples – as is apparent today.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Context16:19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort 4 the words of the righteous. 5
Deuteronomy 33:23
ContextBlessing on Naphtali
33:23 Of Naphtali he said:
O Naphtali, overflowing with favor,
and full of the Lord’s blessing,
possess the west and south.
1 tn Heb “the
2 tn Heb “take delight to love.” Here again the verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”), juxtaposed with בָחַר (bakhar, “choose”), is a term in covenant contexts that describes the
3 tn The Hebrew text includes “after them,” but it is redundant in English style and has not been included in the translation.
4 tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”
5 tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”