Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 2:27 
Context2:27 “Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. 1 I will not turn aside to the right or the left.
Deuteronomy 13:18
Context13:18 Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving 2 you today and doing what is right 3 before him. 4
Deuteronomy 17:11
Context17:11 You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.
Deuteronomy 21:9
Context21:9 In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before 5 the Lord.
Deuteronomy 28:14
Context28:14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving 6 you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship 7 them.
1 tn Heb “in the way in the way” (בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ, baderekh baderekh). The repetition lays great stress on the idea of resolute determination to stick to the path. IBHS 116 §7.2.3c.
2 tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).
3 tc The LXX and Smr add “and good” to bring the phrase in line with a familiar cliché (cf. Deut 6:18; Josh 9:25; 2 Kgs 10:3; 2 Chr 14:1; etc.). This is an unnecessary and improper attempt to force a text into a preconceived mold.
4 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of” (so ASV, NASB, NIV).
6 tn Heb “from all the words which I am commanding.”
7 tn Heb “in order to serve.”
