Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 29:5 
Context29:5 I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out 1 nor have your sandals 2 deteriorated.
Deuteronomy 31:10
Context31:10 He 3 commanded them: “At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts, 4 at the Feast of Temporary Shelters, 5
Deuteronomy 32:7
Context32:7 Remember the ancient days;
bear in mind 6 the years of past generations. 7
Ask your father and he will inform you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
1 tn The Hebrew text includes “on you.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn The Hebrew text includes “from on your feet.”
3 tn Heb “Moses.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn The Hebrew term שְׁמִטָּה (shÿmittah), a derivative of the verb שָׁמַט (shamat, “to release; to relinquish”), refers to the procedure whereby debts of all fellow Israelites were to be canceled. Since the Feast of Tabernacles celebrated God’s own deliverance of and provision for his people, this was an appropriate time for Israelites to release one another. See note on this word at Deut 15:1.
5 tn The Hebrew phrase הַסֻּכּוֹת[חַג] ([khag] hassukot, “[festival of] huts” [or “shelters”]) is traditionally known as the Feast of Tabernacles. See note on the name of the festival in Deut 16:13.
sn For the regulations on this annual festival see Deut 16:13-15.
6 tc The Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate read 2nd person masculine singular whereas the MT has 2nd person masculine plural. The former is preferred, the latter perhaps being a misreading (בִּינוּ [binu] for בִּינָה [binah]). Both the preceding (“remember”) and following (“ask”) imperatives are singular forms in the Hebrew text.
7 tn Heb “generation and generation.” The repetition of the singular noun here singles out each of the successive past generations. See IBHS 116 §7.2.3b.
