Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 7:20 
Context7:20 Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets 1 among them until the very last ones who hide from you 2 perish.
Deuteronomy 16:12
Context16:12 Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.
Deuteronomy 17:17
Context17:17 Furthermore, he must not marry many 3 wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.
1 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).
2 tn Heb “the remnant and those who hide themselves.”
3 tn Heb “must not multiply” (cf. KJV, NASB); NLT “must not take many.”
