Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 2:9 
Context2:9 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar 1 to the descendants of Lot 2 as their possession.
Deuteronomy 2:19
Context2:19 But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites’ land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot’s descendants 3 as their possession.
Deuteronomy 5:31
Context5:31 But as for you, remain here with me so I can declare to you all the commandments, 4 statutes, and ordinances that you are to teach them, so that they can carry them out in the land I am about to give them.” 5
Deuteronomy 26:13
Context26:13 Then you shall say before the Lord your God, “I have removed the sacred offering 6 from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. 7 I have not violated or forgotten your commandments.
Deuteronomy 31:20
Context31:20 For after I have brought them 8 to the land I promised to their 9 ancestors – one flowing with milk and honey – and they 10 eat their fill 11 and become fat, then they 12 will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.
1 sn Ar was a Moabite city on the Arnon River east of the Dead Sea. It is mentioned elsewhere in the “Book of the Wars of Yahweh” (Num 21:15; cf. 21:28; Isa 15:1). Here it is synonymous with the whole land of Moab.
2 sn The descendants of Lot. Following the destruction of the cities of the plain, Sodom and Gomorrah, as God’s judgment, Lot fathered two sons by his two daughters, namely, Moab and Ammon (Gen 19:30-38). Thus, these descendants of Lot in and around Ar were the Moabites.
3 sn Lot’s descendants. See note on this phrase in Deut 2:9.
4 tn Heb “commandment.” The MT actually has the singular (הַמִּצְוָה, hammitsvah), suggesting perhaps that the following terms (חֻקִּים [khuqqim] and מִשְׁפָּטִים [mishpatim]) are in epexegetical apposition to “commandment.” That is, the phrase could be translated “the entire command, namely, the statutes and ordinances.” This would essentially make מִצְוָה (mitsvah) synonymous with תּוֹרָה (torah), the usual term for the whole collection of law.
5 tn Heb “to possess it” (so KJV, ASV); NLT “as their inheritance.”
6 tn Heb “the sacred thing.” The term הַקֹּדֶשׁ (haqqodesh) likely refers to an offering normally set apart for the
7 tn Heb “according to all your commandment that you commanded me.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.
8 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
9 tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
10 tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
11 tn Heb “and are satisfied.”
12 tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
