Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 3:20 
Context3:20 You must fight 1 until the Lord gives your countrymen victory 2 as he did you and they take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given you.”
Deuteronomy 5:24
Context5:24 You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his great glory 3 and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us 4 that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.
Deuteronomy 5:31
Context5:31 But as for you, remain here with me so I can declare to you all the commandments, 5 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.” 6
Deuteronomy 9:12
Context9:12 And he said to me, “Get up, go down at once from here because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have sinned! They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them and have made for themselves a cast metal image.” 7
Deuteronomy 10:8
Context10:8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi 8 to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings 9 in his name, as they do to this very day.
Deuteronomy 11:6
Context11:6 or what he did to Dathan and Abiram, 10 sons of Eliab the Reubenite, 11 when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp 12 and swallowed them, their families, 13 their tents, and all the property they brought with them. 14
Deuteronomy 14:29
Context14:29 Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.
Deuteronomy 16:16
Context16:16 Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him 15 empty-handed.
Deuteronomy 22:19
Context22:19 They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation 16 ruined the reputation 17 of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
Deuteronomy 26:12
Context26:12 When you finish tithing all 18 your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows 19 so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. 20
Deuteronomy 31:21
Context31:21 Then when 21 many disasters and distresses overcome them 22 this song will testify against them, 23 for their 24 descendants will not forget it. 25 I know the 26 intentions they have in mind 27 today, even before I bring them 28 to the land I have promised.”
1 tn The words “you must fight” are not present in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “gives your brothers rest.”
3 tn Heb “his glory and his greatness.”
4 tn Heb “this day we have seen.”
5 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.
6 tn Heb “to possess it” (so KJV, ASV); NLT “as their inheritance.”
7 tc Heb “a casting.” The MT reads מַסֵּכָה (massekhah, “a cast thing”) but some
8 sn The
9 sn To formulate blessings. The most famous example of this is the priestly “blessing formula” of Num 6:24-26.
10 sn Dathan and Abiram. These two (along with others) had challenged Moses’ leadership in the desert with the result that the earth beneath them opened up and they and their families disappeared (Num 16:1-3, 31-35).
11 tn Or “the descendant of Reuben”; Heb “son of Reuben.”
12 tn Heb “in the midst of all Israel” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV); NASB “among all Israel.” In the Hebrew text these words appear at the end of the verse, but they are logically connected with the verbs. To make this clear the translation places the phrase after the first verb.
13 tn Heb “their houses,” referring to all who lived in their household. Cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “households.”
14 tn Heb “and all the substance which was at their feet.”
15 tn Heb “the
16 tn Heb “for he”; the referent (the man who made the accusation) has been specified in the translation to avoid confusion with the young woman’s father, the last-mentioned male.
17 tn Heb “brought forth a bad name.”
18 tn Heb includes “the tithes of.” This has not been included in the translation to avoid redundancy.
19 tn The terms “Levite, resident foreigner, orphan, and widow” are collective singulars in the Hebrew text (also in v. 13).
20 tn Heb “gates.”
21 tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”
22 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
23 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
24 tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
25 tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”
26 tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
27 tn Heb “which he is doing.”
28 tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
