Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 29:10 
Context29:10 You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God – the heads of your tribes, 1 your elders, your officials, every Israelite man,
Deuteronomy 30:2
Context30:2 Then if you and your descendants 2 turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being 3 just as 4 I am commanding you today,
1 tc Heb “your heads, your tribes.” The Syriac presupposes either “heads of your tribes” or “your heads, your judges,” etc. (reading שֹׁפְטֵכֶם [shofÿtekhem] for שִׁבְטֵיכֶם [shivtekhem]). Its comparative difficulty favors the originality of the MT reading. Cf. KJV “your captains of your tribes”; NRSV “the leaders of your tribes”; NLT “your tribal leaders.”
2 tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”
3 tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).
4 tn Heb “according to all.”
