Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 15:2 
Context15:2 This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; 1 he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, 2 for it is to be recognized as “the Lord’s cancellation of debts.”
Deuteronomy 21:13
Context21:13 discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, 3 and stay 4 in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may have sexual relations 5 with her and become her husband and she your wife.
Deuteronomy 29:19
Context29:19 When such a person 6 hears the words of this oath he secretly 7 blesses himself 8 and says, “I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” 9 This will destroy 10 the watered ground with the parched. 11
1 tn Heb “his neighbor,” used idiomatically to refer to another person.
2 tn Heb “his neighbor and his brother.” The words “his brother” may be a scribal gloss identifying “his neighbor” (on this idiom, see the preceding note) as a fellow Israelite (cf. v. 3). In this case the conjunction before “his brother” does not introduce a second category, but rather has the force of “that is.”
3 tn Heb “she is to…remove the clothing of her captivity” (cf. NASB); NRSV “discard her captive’s garb.”
4 tn Heb “sit”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “remain.”
5 tn Heb “go unto,” a common Hebrew euphemism for sexual relations.
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the subject of the warning in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “in his heart.”
8 tn Or “invokes a blessing on himself.” A formalized word of blessing is in view, the content of which appears later in the verse.
9 tn Heb “heart.”
10 tn Heb “thus destroying.” For stylistic reasons the translation begins a new sentence here.
11 tn Heb “the watered with the parched.” The word “ground” is implied. The exact meaning of the phrase is uncertain although it appears to be figurative. This appears to be a proverbial observation employing a figure of speech (a merism) suggesting totality. That is, the Israelite who violates the letter and even spirit of the covenant will harm not only himself but everything he touches – “the watered and the parched.” Cf. CEV “you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.”
