Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 2:30 
Context2:30 But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our 1 God had made him obstinate 2 and stubborn 3 so that he might deliver him over to you 4 this very day.
Deuteronomy 7:16
Context7:16 You must destroy 5 all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship 6 their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
1 tc The translation follows the LXX in reading the first person pronoun. The MT, followed by many English versions, has a second person masculine singular pronoun, “your.”
2 tn Heb “hardened his spirit” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “made his spirit stubborn.”
3 tn Heb “made his heart obstinate” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “made his heart defiant.”
4 tn Heb “into your hand.”
5 tn Heb “devour” (so NRSV); KJV, NAB, NASB “consume.” The verbal form (a perfect with vav consecutive) is understood here as having an imperatival or obligatory nuance (cf. the instructions and commands that follow). Another option is to take the statement as a continuation of the preceding conditional promises and translate “and you will destroy.”
6 tn Or “serve” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
