Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 13:6 
Context13:6 Suppose your own full brother, 1 your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods 2 that neither you nor your ancestors 3 have previously known, 4
Deuteronomy 17:2
Context17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages 5 that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God 6 and breaks his covenant
Deuteronomy 18:6
Context18:6 Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will 7 from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, 8 to the place the Lord chooses
Deuteronomy 21:15
Context21:15 Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, 9 and they both 10 bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife.
1 tn Heb “your brother, the son of your mother.” In a polygamous society it was not rare to have half brothers and sisters by way of a common father and different mothers.
2 tn In the Hebrew text these words are in the form of a brief quotation: “entice you secretly saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods.’”
3 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 17).
4 tn Heb “which you have not known, you or your fathers.” (cf. KJV, ASV; on “fathers” cf. v. 18).
5 tn Heb “gates.”
6 tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the
7 tn Heb “according to all the desire of his soul.”
8 tn Or “sojourning.” The verb used here refers to living temporarily in a place, not settling down.
9 tn Heb “one whom he loves and one whom he hates.” For the idea of שָׂנֵא (sane’, “hate”) meaning to be rejected or loved less (cf. NRSV “disliked”), see Gen 29:31, 33; Mal 1:2-3. Cf. A. Konkel, NIDOTTE 3:1256-60.
10 tn Heb “both the one whom he loves and the one whom he hates.” On the meaning of the phrase “one whom he loves and one whom he hates” see the note on the word “other” earlier in this verse. The translation has been simplified for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
