Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 4:8 
Context4:8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just 1 as this whole law 2 that I am about to share with 3 you today?
Deuteronomy 8:11
Context8:11 Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.
Deuteronomy 12:14
Context12:14 for you may do so 4 only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas – there you may do everything I am commanding you. 5
Deuteronomy 13:18
Context13:18 Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving 6 you today and doing what is right 7 before him. 8
Deuteronomy 15:15
Context15:15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today.
Deuteronomy 24:18
Context24:18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.
Deuteronomy 27:1
Context27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments 9 I am giving 10 you today.
Deuteronomy 27:4
Context27:4 So when you cross the Jordan you must erect on Mount Ebal 11 these stones about which I am commanding you today, and you must cover them with plaster.
Deuteronomy 28:14
Context28:14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving 12 you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship 13 them.
Deuteronomy 29:6
Context29:6 You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer – all so that you might know that I 14 am the Lord your God!
Deuteronomy 30:2
Context30:2 Then if you and your descendants 15 turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being 16 just as 17 I am commanding you today,
Deuteronomy 32:52
Context32:52 You will see the land before you, but you will not enter the land that I am giving to the Israelites.”
1 tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “place before.”
4 tn Heb “offer burnt offerings.” The expression “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
5 sn This injunction to worship in a single and central sanctuary – one limited and appropriate to the thrice-annual festival celebrations (see Exod 23:14-17; 34:22-24; Lev 23:4-36; Deut 16:16-17) – marks a departure from previous times when worship was carried out at local shrines (cf. Gen 8:20; 12:7; 13:18; 22:9; 26:25; 35:1, 3, 7; Exod 17:15). Apart from the corporate worship of the whole theocratic community, however, worship at local altars would still be permitted as in the past (Deut 16:21; Judg 6:24-27; 13:19-20; 1 Sam 7:17; 10:5, 13; 2 Sam 24:18-25; 1 Kgs 18:30).
6 tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).
7 tc The LXX and Smr add “and good” to bring the phrase in line with a familiar cliché (cf. Deut 6:18; Josh 9:25; 2 Kgs 10:3; 2 Chr 14:1; etc.). This is an unnecessary and improper attempt to force a text into a preconceived mold.
8 tn Heb “in the eyes of the
9 tn Heb “the whole commandment.” See note at 5:31.
10 tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 10).
11 tc Smr reads “Mount Gerizim” for the MT reading “Mount Ebal” to justify the location of the Samaritan temple there in the postexilic period. This reading is patently self-serving and does not reflect the original. In the NT when the Samaritan woman of Sychar referred to “this mountain” as the place of worship for her community she obviously had Gerizim in mind (cf. John 4:20).
12 tn Heb “from all the words which I am commanding.”
13 tn Heb “in order to serve.”
14 tc The LXX reads “that he is the
15 tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”
16 tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).
17 tn Heb “according to all.”
