Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 11:30 
Context11:30 Are they not across the Jordan River, 1 toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal 2 near the oak 3 of Moreh?
Deuteronomy 13:12
Context13:12 Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you as a place to live, that
Deuteronomy 16:20
Context16:20 You must pursue justice alone 4 so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 23:16
Context23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages 5 he prefers; you must not oppress him.
Deuteronomy 26:1
Context26:1 When 6 you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,
Deuteronomy 33:12
Context33:12 Of Benjamin he said:
The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him;
he protects him all the time,
1 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 sn Gilgal. From a Hebrew verb root גָלַל (galal, “to roll”) this place name means “circle” or “rolling,” a name given because God had “rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you” (Josh 5:9). It is perhaps to be identified with Khirbet el-Metjir, 1.2 mi (2 km) northeast of OT Jericho.
3 tc The MT plural “oaks” (אֵלוֹנֵי, ’eloney) should probably be altered (with many Greek texts) to the singular “oak” (אֵלוֹן, ’elon; cf. NRSV) in line with the only other occurrence of the phrase (Gen 12:6). The Syriac, Tg. Ps.-J. read mmrá, confusing this place with the “oaks of Mamre” near Hebron (Gen 13:18). Smr also appears to confuse “Moreh” with “Mamre” (reading mwr’, a combined form), adding the clarification mwl shkm (“near Shechem”) apparently to distinguish it from Mamre near Hebron.
4 tn Heb “justice, justice.” The repetition is emphatic; one might translate as “pure justice” or “unadulterated justice” (cf. NLT “true justice”).
5 tn Heb “gates.”
6 tn Heb “and it will come to pass that.”
7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
8 tn Heb “between his shoulders.” This suggests the scene in John 13:23 with Jesus and the Beloved Disciple.
