Deuteronomy 3:25
Context3:25 Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River – this good hill country and the Lebanon!” 1
Deuteronomy 4:8
Context4:8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just 2 as this whole law 3 that I am about to share with 4 you today?
Deuteronomy 25:15
Context25:15 You must have an accurate and correct 5 stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the Lord your God is about to give you.
1 tn The article is retained in the translation (“the Lebanon,” cf. also NAB, NRSV) to indicate that a region (rather than the modern country of Lebanon) is referred to here. Other recent English versions accomplish this by supplying “mountains” after “Lebanon” (TEV, CEV, NLT).
2 tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”
3 tn The Hebrew phrase הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת (hattorah hazzo’t), in this context, refers specifically to the Book of Deuteronomy. That is, it is the collection of all the חֻקִּים (khuqqim, “statutes,” 4:1) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, “ordinances,” 4:1) to be included in the covenant text. In a full canonical sense, of course, it pertains to the entire Pentateuch or Torah.
4 tn Heb “place before.”
5 tn Or “just”; Heb “righteous.”