Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 4:23 
Context4:23 Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he 1 has forbidden 2 you.
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. 3 That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe 4 the Sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 7:6
Context7:6 For you are a people holy 5 to the Lord your God. He 6 has chosen you to be his people, prized 7 above all others on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 7:16
Context7:16 You must destroy 8 all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship 9 their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
Deuteronomy 7:25
Context7:25 You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent 10 to the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 8:19
Context8:19 Now if you forget the Lord your God at all 11 and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.
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 12 you must pour out on his 13 altar while you eat the meat.
Deuteronomy 30:10
Context30:10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him 14 with your whole mind and being.
1 tn Heb “the
2 tn Heb “commanded.”
3 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.”
4 tn Or “keep” (so KJV, NRSV).
5 tn That is, “set apart.”
6 tn Heb “the
7 tn Or “treasured” (so NIV, NRSV); NLT “his own special treasure.” The Hebrew term סְגֻלָּה (sÿgullah) describes Israel as God’s choice people, those whom he elected and who are most precious to him (cf. Exod 19:4-6; Deut 14:2; 26:18; 1 Chr 29:3; Ps 135:4; Eccl 2:8 Mal 3:17). See E. Carpenter, NIDOTTE 3:224.
8 tn Heb “devour” (so NRSV); KJV, NAB, NASB “consume.” The verbal form (a perfect with vav consecutive) is understood here as having an imperatival or obligatory nuance (cf. the instructions and commands that follow). Another option is to take the statement as a continuation of the preceding conditional promises and translate “and you will destroy.”
9 tn Or “serve” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
10 tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “abhorrent; detestable”) describes anything detestable to the
11 tn Heb “if forgetting, you forget.” The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis; the translation indicates this with the words “at all” (cf. KJV).
12 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).
13 tn Heb “on the altar of the
14 tn Heb “to the
