Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 13:9 
Context13:9 Instead, you must kill him without fail! 1 Your own hand must be the first to strike him, 2 and then the hands of the whole community.
Deuteronomy 17:11
Context17:11 You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.
Deuteronomy 22:1
Context22:1 When you see 3 your neighbor’s 4 ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; 5 you must return it without fail 6 to your neighbor.
Deuteronomy 31:8
Context31:8 The Lord is indeed going before you – he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”
1 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with the words “without fail” (cf. NIV “you must certainly put him to death”).
2 tn Heb “to put him to death,” but this is misleading in English for such an action would leave nothing for the others to do.
3 tn Heb “you must not see,” but, if translated literally into English, the statement is misleading.
4 tn Heb “brother’s” (also later in this verse). In this context it is not limited to one’s siblings, however; cf. NAB “your kinsman’s.”
5 tn Heb “hide yourself.”
6 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with the words “without fail.”
