Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 4:17 
Context4:17 any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky,
Deuteronomy 4:25
Context4:25 After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, 1 if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind 2 and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him, 3
Deuteronomy 4:32
Context4:32 Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind 4 on the earth, and ask 5 from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.
Deuteronomy 4:35
Context4:35 You have been taught that the Lord alone is God – there is no other besides him.
1 tn Heb “have grown old in the land,” i.e., been there for a long time.
2 tn Heb “a form of anything.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, TEV “an idol.”
3 tn The infinitive construct is understood here as indicating the result, not the intention, of their actions.
4 tn The Hebrew term אָדָם (’adam) may refer either to Adam or, more likely, to “man” in the sense of the human race (“mankind,” “humankind”). The idea here seems more universal in scope than reference to Adam alone would suggest.
5 tn The verb is not present in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for clarification. The challenge has both temporal and geographical dimensions. The people are challenged to (1) inquire about the entire scope of past history and (2) conduct their investigation on a worldwide scale.
