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Deuteronomy 2:20

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2:20 (That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. 1  The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. 2 

Deuteronomy 17:1

Context
17:1 You must not sacrifice to him 3  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive 4  to the Lord your God.

1 sn Rephaites. See note on this word in Deut 2:11.

2 sn Zamzummites. Just as the Moabites called Rephaites by the name Emites, the Ammonites called them Zamzummites (or Zazites; Gen 14:5).

3 tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

4 tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (toevah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.



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