Deuteronomy 15:16
Context15:16 However, if the servant 1 says to you, “I do not want to leave 2 you,” because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you,
Deuteronomy 23:5
Context23:5 But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed 3 the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves 4 you.
Deuteronomy 33:3
Context33:3 Surely he loves the people; 5
all your holy ones 6 are in your power. 7
And they sit 8 at your feet,
each receiving 9 your words.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the indentured servant introduced in v. 12) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “go out from.” The imperfect verbal form indicates the desire of the subject here.
3 tn Heb “the
4 tn The verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”) here and commonly elsewhere in the Book of Deuteronomy speaks of God’s elective grace toward Israel. See note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37.
5 tc Heb “peoples.” The apparent plural form is probably a misunderstood singular (perhaps with a pronominal suffix) with enclitic mem (ם). See HALOT 838 s.v. עַם B.2.
6 tc Heb “his holy ones.” The third person masculine singular suffix of the Hebrew MT is problematic in light of the second person masculine singular suffix on בְּיָדֶךָ (bÿyadekha, “your hands”). The LXX versions by Lucian and Origen read, therefore, “the holy ones.” The LXX version by Theodotion and the Vulgate, however, presuppose third masculine singular suffix on בְּיָדָיו (bÿyadayv, “his hands”), and thus retain “his holy ones.” The efforts to bring pronominal harmony into the line is commendable but unnecessary given the Hebrew tendency to be untroubled by such grammatical inconsistencies. However, the translation harmonizes the first pronoun with the second so that the referent (the Lord) is clear.
7 tn Heb “hands.” For the problem of the pronoun see note on the term “holy ones” earlier in this verse.
8 tn The Hebrew term תֻּכּוּ (tuku, probably Pual perfect of תָּכָה, takhah) is otherwise unknown. The present translation is based on the reference to feet and, apparently, receiving instruction in God’s words (cf. KJV, ASV). Other options are as follows: NIV “At your feet they all bow down” (cf. NCV, CEV); NLT “They follow in your steps” (cf. NAB, NASB); NRSV “they marched at your heels.”
9 tn The singular verbal form in the Hebrew text (lit. “he lifts up”) is understood in a distributive manner, focusing on the action of each individual within the group.