Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 6:17 
Context6:17 Keep his 1 commandments very carefully, 2 as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.
Deuteronomy 7:20
Context7:20 Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets 3 among them until the very last ones who hide from you 4 perish.
Deuteronomy 29:4
Context29:4 But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears! 5
1 tn Heb “the commandments of the
2 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before the finite verb to emphasize the statement. The imperfect verbal form is used here with an obligatory nuance that can be captured in English through the imperative. Cf. NASB, NRSV “diligently keep (obey NLT).”
3 tn The meaning of the term translated “hornets” (צִרְעָה, tsir’ah) is debated. Various suggestions are “discouragement” (HALOT 1056-57 s.v.; cf. NEB, TEV, CEV “panic”; NCV “terror”) and “leprosy” (J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy [JPSTC], 360, n. 33; cf. NRSV “the pestilence”), as well as “hornet” (BDB 864 s.v.; cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT). The latter seems most suitable to the verb שָׁלַח (shalakh, “send”; cf. Exod 23:28; Josh 24:12).
4 tn Heb “the remnant and those who hide themselves.”
5 tn Heb “a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear” (NASB similar); NAB, NRSV “a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.”
