Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 18:16 
Context18:16 This accords with what happened at Horeb in the day of the assembly. You asked the Lord your God: “Please do not make us hear the voice of the Lord our 1 God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die.”
Deuteronomy 31:21
Context31:21 Then when 2 many disasters and distresses overcome them 3 this song will testify against them, 4 for their 5 descendants will not forget it. 6 I know the 7 intentions they have in mind 8 today, even before I bring them 9 to the land I have promised.”
1 tn The Hebrew text uses the collective singular in this verse: “my God…lest I die.”
2 tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”
3 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
4 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
5 tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
6 tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”
7 tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
8 tn Heb “which he is doing.”
9 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
