Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 3:18 
Context3:18 At that time I instructed you as follows: “The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites 1 equipped for battle.
Deuteronomy 4:2
Context4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to 2 you.
Deuteronomy 4:5
Context4:5 Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in 3 the land you are about to enter and possess.
Deuteronomy 4:14
Context4:14 Moreover, at that same time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess. 4
Deuteronomy 5:5
Context5:5 (I was standing between the Lord and you at that time to reveal to you the message 5 of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said:
Deuteronomy 5:15
Context5:15 Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. 6 That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe 7 the Sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 6:1
Context6:1 Now these are the commandments, 8 statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed 9
Deuteronomy 6:10
Context6:10 Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you – a land with large, fine cities you did not build,
Deuteronomy 7:7
Context7:7 It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you – for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
Deuteronomy 7:19
Context7:19 the great judgments 10 you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power 11 by which he 12 brought you out – thus the Lord your God will do to all the people you fear.
Deuteronomy 7:22
Context7:22 He, 13 the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you.
Deuteronomy 8:1
Context8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments 14 I am giving 15 you today so that you may live, increase in number, 16 and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. 17
Deuteronomy 8:19
Context8:19 Now if you forget the Lord your God at all 18 and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.
Deuteronomy 9:1
Context9:1 Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications. 19
Deuteronomy 9:16
Context9:16 When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; 20 you had quickly turned aside from the way he 21 had commanded you!
Deuteronomy 11:8
Context11:8 Now pay attention to all the commandments 22 I am giving 23 you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed, 24
Deuteronomy 11:28
Context11:28 and the curse if you pay no attention 25 to his 26 commandments and turn from the way I am setting before 27 you today to pursue 28 other gods you have not known.
Deuteronomy 12:1
Context12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, 29 has given you to possess. 30
Deuteronomy 12:20
Context12:20 When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, “I want to eat meat just as I please,” 31 you may do so as you wish. 32
Deuteronomy 12:27
Context12:27 You must offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; the blood of your other sacrifices 33 you must pour out on his 34 altar while you eat the meat.
Deuteronomy 13:3
Context13:3 You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, 35 for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him 36 with all your mind and being. 37
Deuteronomy 13:6
Context13:6 Suppose your own full brother, 38 your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods 39 that neither you nor your ancestors 40 have previously known, 41
Deuteronomy 13:10
Context13:10 You must stone him to death 42 because he tried to entice you away from the Lord your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
Deuteronomy 15:10
Context15:10 You must by all means lend 43 to him and not be upset by doing it, 44 for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.
Deuteronomy 15:12
Context15:12 If your fellow Hebrew 45 – whether male or female 46 – is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant 47 go free. 48
Deuteronomy 16:8
Context16:8 You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the Lord your God; you must not do any work on that day. 49
Deuteronomy 16:10
Context16:10 Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks 50 before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering 51 that you will bring, in proportion to how he 52 has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 17:4
Context17:4 When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing 53 is being done in Israel,
Deuteronomy 17:15
Context17:15 you must select without fail 54 a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens 55 you must appoint a king – you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites. 56
Deuteronomy 19:9
Context19:9 and then you are careful to observe all these commandments 57 I am giving 58 you today (namely, to love the Lord your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities 59 to these three.
Deuteronomy 19:14
Context19:14 You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, 60 which will have been defined 61 in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you. 62
Deuteronomy 20:14
Context20:14 However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city – all its plunder – you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the Lord your God has given you.
Deuteronomy 23:4
Context23:4 for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired 63 Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.
Deuteronomy 23:13
Context23:13 You must have a spade among your other equipment and when you relieve yourself 64 outside you must dig a hole with the spade 65 and then turn and cover your excrement. 66
Deuteronomy 23:25
Context23:25 When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand, 67 but you must not use a sickle on your neighbor’s ripe grain.
Deuteronomy 24:15
Context24:15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Deuteronomy 26:19
Context26:19 Then 68 he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. 69 You will 70 be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said.
Deuteronomy 28:1
Context28:1 “If you indeed 71 obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving 72 you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:15
Context28:15 “But if you ignore 73 the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: 74
Deuteronomy 28:30
Context28:30 You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape 75 her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.
Deuteronomy 28:48
Context28:48 instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty 76 you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. They 77 will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.
Deuteronomy 28:53
Context28:53 You will then eat your own offspring, 78 the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege 79 by which your enemies will constrict you.
Deuteronomy 28:62
Context28:62 There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, 80 because you will have disobeyed 81 the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 28:64
Context28:64 The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.
Deuteronomy 30:3
Context30:3 the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he 82 has scattered you.
Deuteronomy 30:19
Context30:19 Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!
Deuteronomy 31:3
Context31:3 As for the Lord your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the Lord has said.
Deuteronomy 31:6
Context31:6 Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one who is going with you. He will not fail you or abandon you!”
Deuteronomy 31:27
Context31:27 for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. 83 Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the Lord; you will be even more rebellious after my death! 84
Deuteronomy 32:47
Context32:47 For this is no idle word for you – it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
1 tn Heb “your brothers, the sons of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “commanding.”
3 tn Heb “in the midst of” (so ASV).
4 tn Heb “to which you are crossing over to possess it.”
5 tn Or “word” (so KJV, NASB, NIV); NRSV “words.”
6 tn Heb “by a strong hand and an outstretched arm,” the hand and arm symbolizing divine activity and strength. Cf. NLT “with amazing power and mighty deeds.”
7 tn Or “keep” (so KJV, NRSV).
8 tn Heb “commandment.” The word מִצְוָה (mitsvah) again is in the singular, serving as a comprehensive term for the whole stipulation section of the book. See note on the word “commandments” in 5:31.
9 tn Heb “where you are going over to possess it” (so NASB); NRSV “that you are about to cross into and occupy.”
10 tn Heb “testings” (so NAB), a reference to the plagues. See note at 4:34.
11 tn Heb “the strong hand and outstretched arm.” See 4:34.
12 tn Heb “the
13 tn Heb “the
14 tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).
15 tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).
16 tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”
17 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).
18 tn Heb “if forgetting, you forget.” The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis; the translation indicates this with the words “at all” (cf. KJV).
19 tn Heb “fortified to the heavens” (so NRSV); NLT “cities with walls that reach to the sky.” This is hyperbole.
20 tn On the phrase “metal calf,” see note on the term “metal image” in v. 12.
21 tn Heb “the
22 tn Heb “the commandment.” The singular מִצְוָה (mitsvah, “commandment”) speaks here as elsewhere of the whole corpus of covenant stipulations in Deuteronomy (cf. 6:1, 25; 7:11; 8:1).
23 tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in vv. 13, 27).
24 tn Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”
25 tn Heb “do not listen to,” that is, do not obey.
26 tn Heb “the commandments of the
27 tn Heb “am commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).
28 tn Heb “walk after”; NIV “by following”; NLT “by worshiping.” This is a violation of the first commandment, the most serious of the covenant violations (Deut 5:6-7).
29 tn Heb “fathers.”
30 tn Heb “you must be careful to obey in the land the
31 tn Heb “for my soul desires to eat meat.”
32 tn Heb “according to all the desire of your soul you may eat meat.”
33 sn These other sacrifices would be so-called peace or fellowship offerings whose ritual required a different use of the blood from that of burnt (sin and trespass) offerings (cf. Lev 3; 7:11-14, 19-21).
34 tn Heb “on the altar of the
35 tn Heb “or dreamer of dreams.” See note on this expression in v. 1.
36 tn Heb “the
37 tn Heb “all your heart and soul” (so NRSV, CEV, NLT); or “heart and being” (NCV “your whole being”). See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.
38 tn Heb “your brother, the son of your mother.” In a polygamous society it was not rare to have half brothers and sisters by way of a common father and different mothers.
39 tn In the Hebrew text these words are in the form of a brief quotation: “entice you secretly saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods.’”
40 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 17).
41 tn Heb “which you have not known, you or your fathers.” (cf. KJV, ASV; on “fathers” cf. v. 18).
42 sn Execution by means of pelting the offender with stones afforded a mechanism whereby the whole community could share in it. In a very real sense it could be done not only in the name of the community and on its behalf but by its members (cf. Lev 24:14; Num 15:35; Deut 21:21; Josh 7:25).
43 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “by all means.”
44 tc Heb “your heart must not be grieved in giving to him.” The LXX and Orig add, “you shall surely lend to him sufficient for his need,” a suggestion based on the same basic idea in v. 8. Such slavish adherence to stock phrases is without warrant in most cases, and certainly here.
45 sn Elsewhere in the OT, the Israelites are called “Hebrews” (עִבְרִי, ’ivriy) by outsiders, rarely by themselves (cf. Gen 14:13; 39:14, 17; 41:12; Exod 1:15, 16, 19; 2:6, 7, 11, 13; 1 Sam 4:6; Jonah 1:9). Thus, here and in the parallel passage in Exod 21:2-6 the term עִבְרִי may designate non-Israelites, specifically a people well-known throughout the ancient Near East as ’apiru or habiru. They lived a rather vagabond lifestyle, frequently hiring themselves out as laborers or mercenary soldiers. While accounting nicely for the surprising use of the term here in an Israelite law code, the suggestion has against it the unlikelihood that a set of laws would address such a marginal people so specifically (as opposed to simply calling them aliens or the like). More likely עִבְרִי is chosen as a term to remind Israel that when they were “Hebrews,” that is, when they were in Egypt, they were slaves. Now that they are free they must not keep their fellow Israelites in economic bondage. See v. 15.
46 tn Heb “your brother, a Hebrew (male) or Hebrew (female).”
47 tn Heb “him.” The singular pronoun occurs throughout the passage.
48 tn The Hebrew text includes “from you.”
49 tn The words “on that day” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for clarification (cf. TEV, NLT).
50 tn The Hebrew phrase חַג שָׁבֻעוֹת (khag shavu’ot) is otherwise known in the OT (Exod 23:16) as קָצִיר (qatsir, “harvest”) and in the NT as πεντηχοστή (penthcosth, “Pentecost”).
51 tn Heb “the sufficiency of the offering of your hand.”
52 tn Heb “the
53 tn Heb “an abomination” (תּוֹעֵבָה); see note on the word “offensive” in v. 1.
54 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “without fail.”
55 tn Heb “your brothers,” but not referring to siblings (cf. NIV “your brother Israelites”; NLT “a fellow Israelite”). The same phrase also occurs in v. 20.
56 tn Heb “your brothers.” See the preceding note on “fellow citizens.”
57 tn Heb “all this commandment.” This refers here to the entire covenant agreement of the Book of Deuteronomy as encapsulated in the Shema (Deut 6:4-5).
58 tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today.”
59 sn You will add three more cities. Since these are alluded to nowhere else and thus were probably never added, this must be a provision for other cities of refuge should they be needed (cf. v. 8). See P. C. Craigie, Deuteronomy (NICOT), 267.
60 tn Heb “border.” Cf. NRSV “You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker.”
61 tn Heb “which they set off from the beginning.”
62 tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.” This phrase has been left untranslated to avoid redundancy.
63 tn Heb “hired against you.”
64 tn Heb “sit.” This expression is euphemistic.
65 tn Heb “with it”; the referent (the spade mentioned at the beginning of the verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
66 tn Heb “what comes from you,” a euphemism.
67 sn For the continuation of these practices into NT times see Matt 12:1-8; Mark 2:23-28; Luke 6:1-5.
68 tn Heb “so that.” Verses 18-19 are one sentence in the Hebrew text, but the translation divides it into three sentences for stylistic reasons. The first clause in verse 19 gives a result of the preceding clause. When Israel keeps God’s law, God will bless them with fame and honor (cf. NAB “he will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory”; NLT “And if you do, he will make you greater than any other nation”).
69 tn Heb “for praise and for a name and for glory.”
70 tn Heb “and to be.” A new sentence was started here for stylistic reasons.
71 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”
72 tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).
73 tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”
74 tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”
75 tc For MT reading שָׁגַל (shagal, “ravish; violate”), the Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate presume the less violent שָׁכַב (shakhav, “lie with”). The unexpected counterpart to betrothal here favors the originality of the MT.
76 tn Heb “lack of everything.”
77 tn Heb “he” (also later in this verse). The pronoun is a collective singular referring to the enemies (cf. CEV, NLT). Many translations understand the singular pronoun to refer to the
78 tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NRSV); NASB “the offspring of your own body.”
79 tn Heb “siege and stress.”
80 tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
81 tn Heb “have not listened to the voice of.”
82 tn Heb “the
83 tn Heb “stiffness of neck” (cf. KJV, NAB, NIV). See note on the word “stubborn” in Deut 9:6.
84 tn Heb “How much more after my death?” The Hebrew text has a sarcastic rhetorical question here; the translation seeks to bring out the force of the question.
