Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 20:18 
Context20:18 so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship 1 their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 32:5
Context32:5 His people have been unfaithful 2 to him;
they have not acted like his children 3 – this is their sin. 4
They are a perverse 5 and deceitful generation.
1 tn Heb “to do according to all their abominations which they do for their gods.”
2 tc The 3rd person masculine singular שָׁחַת (shakhat) is rendered as 3rd person masculine plural by Smr, a reading supported by the plural suffix on מוּם (mum, “defect”) as well as the plural of בֵּן (ben, “sons”).
tn Heb “have acted corruptly” (so NASB, NIV, NLT); NRSV “have dealt falsely.”
3 tn Heb “(they are) not his sons.”
4 tn Heb “defect” (so NASB). This highly elliptical line suggests that Israel’s major fault was its failure to act like God’s people; in fact, they acted quite the contrary.
