Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 2:23 
Context2:23 As for the Avvites 1 who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza, Caphtorites 2 who came from Crete 3 destroyed them and settled down in their place.)
Deuteronomy 8:14
Context8:14 be sure 4 you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery,
Deuteronomy 10:6
Context10:6 “During those days the Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-Yaaqan 5 to Moserah. 6 There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar became priest in his place.
Deuteronomy 12:14
Context12:14 for you may do so 7 only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas – there you may do everything I am commanding you. 8
Deuteronomy 12:26
Context12:26 Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose. 9
Deuteronomy 12:29
Context12:29 When the Lord your God eliminates the nations from the place where you are headed and you dispossess them, you will settle down in their land. 10
Deuteronomy 13:12
Context13:12 Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you as a place to live, that
Deuteronomy 14:25
Context14:25 you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, 11 and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself.
Deuteronomy 16:2
Context16:2 You must sacrifice the Passover animal 12 (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he 13 chooses to locate his name.
Deuteronomy 16:7
Context16:7 You must cook 14 and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents.
Deuteronomy 17:10
Context17:10 You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.
Deuteronomy 23:16
Context23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages 15 he prefers; you must not oppress him.
Deuteronomy 29:7
Context29:7 When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.
Deuteronomy 31:11
Context31:11 when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them 16 within their hearing.
Deuteronomy 34:6
Context34:6 He 17 buried him in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day.
1 sn Avvites. Otherwise unknown, these people were probably also Anakite (or Rephaite) giants who lived in the lower Mediterranean coastal plain until they were expelled by the Caphtorites.
2 sn Caphtorites. These peoples are familiar from both the OT (Gen 10:14; 1 Chr 1:12; Jer 47:4; Amos 9:7) and ancient Near Eastern texts (Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 2:37-38; ANET 138). They originated in Crete (OT “Caphtor”) and are identified as the ancestors of the Philistines (Gen 10:14; Jer 47:4).
3 tn Heb “Caphtor”; the modern name of the island of Crete is used in the translation for clarity (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).
4 tn The words “be sure” are not in the Hebrew text; vv. 12-14 are part of the previous sentence. For stylistic reasons a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 12 in the translation and the words “be sure” repeated from v. 11 to indicate the connection.
5 sn Beeroth Bene-Yaaqan. This Hebrew name could be translated “the wells of Bene-Yaaqan” or “the wells of the sons of Yaaqan,” a site whose location cannot be determined (cf. Num 33:31-32; 1 Chr 1:42).
6 sn Moserah. Since Aaron in other texts (Num 20:28; 33:38) is said to have died on Mount Hor, this must be the Arabah region in which Hor was located.
7 tn Heb “offer burnt offerings.” The expression “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
8 sn This injunction to worship in a single and central sanctuary – one limited and appropriate to the thrice-annual festival celebrations (see Exod 23:14-17; 34:22-24; Lev 23:4-36; Deut 16:16-17) – marks a departure from previous times when worship was carried out at local shrines (cf. Gen 8:20; 12:7; 13:18; 22:9; 26:25; 35:1, 3, 7; Exod 17:15). Apart from the corporate worship of the whole theocratic community, however, worship at local altars would still be permitted as in the past (Deut 16:21; Judg 6:24-27; 13:19-20; 1 Sam 7:17; 10:5, 13; 2 Sam 24:18-25; 1 Kgs 18:30).
9 tc Again, to complete a commonly attested wording the LXX adds after “choose” the phrase “to place his name there.” This shows insensitivity to deliberate departures from literary stereotypes. The MT reading is to be preferred.
10 tn Heb “dwell in their land” (so NASB). In the Hebrew text vv. 29-30 are one long sentence. For stylistic reasons the translation divides it into two.
11 tn Heb “bind the silver in your hand.”
12 tn Heb “sacrifice the Passover” (so NASB). The word “animal” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “the
14 tn The rules that governed the Passover meal are found in Exod 12:1-51, and Deut 16:1-8. The word translated “cook” (בָּשַׁל, bashal) here is translated “boil” in other places (e.g. Exod 23:19, 1 Sam 2:13-15). This would seem to contradict Exod 12:9 where the Israelites are told not to eat the Passover sacrifice raw or boiled. However, 2 Chr 35:13 recounts the celebration of a Passover feast during the reign of Josiah, and explains that the people “cooked (בָּשַׁל, bashal) the Passover sacrifices over the open fire.” The use of בָּשַׁל (bashal) with “fire” (אֵשׁ, ’esh) suggests that the word could be used to speak of boiling or roasting.
15 tn Heb “gates.”
16 tn Heb “before all Israel.”
17 tc Smr and some LXX
