Discovery Box| (0.30) | (Deu 20:20) | 2 tn Heb “[an] enclosure.” The term מָצוֹר (matsor) may refer to encircling ditches or to surrounding stagings. See R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 238. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 15:7) | 1 tn Heb “one of your brothers” (so NASB); NAB “one of your kinsmen”; NRSV “a member of your community.” See the note at v. 2. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 13:11) | 1 sn Some see in this statement an argument for the deterrent effect of capital punishment (Deut 17:13; 19:20; 21:21). |
| (0.30) | (Deu 13:13) | 3 tn The translation understands the relative clause as a statement by Moses, not as part of the quotation from the evildoers. See also v. 2. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 12:3) | 2 sn Sacred Asherah poles. The Hebrew term (plural) is אֲשֵׁרִים (ʾasherim). See note on the word “(leafy) tree” in v. 2, and also Deut 7:5. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 10:12) | 4 tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being”; NCV “with your whole being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 9:7) | 2 tn Heb “the Lord” (likewise in the following verse with both “him” and “he”). See note on “he” in 9:3. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 7:10) | 1 tn For the term “hate” as synonymous with rejection or disobedience see note on the word “reject” in Deut 5:9 (cf. NRSV “reject”). |
| (0.30) | (Deu 7:8) | 2 tn For the verb אָהֵב (ʾahev, “to love”) as a term of choice or election, see note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 6:5) | 4 sn For NT variations on the Shema see Matt 22:37-39; Mark 12:29-30; Luke 10:27. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 5:10) | 2 tn Another option is to understand this as referring to “thousands (of generations) of those who love me” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). See Deut 7:9. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 4:19) | 7 sn The OT views the heavenly host as God’s council, which surrounds his royal throne ready to do his bidding (see 1 Kgs 22:19). God has given this group, sometimes called the “sons of God” (cf. Job 1:6; 38:7; Ps 89:6), jurisdiction over the nations. See Deut 32:8 (LXX). Some also see this assembly as the addressee in Ps 82. While God delegated his council to rule over the nations, he established a theocratic government over Israel and ruled directly over his chosen people via the Mosaic covenant. See v. 20, as well as Deut 32:9. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 3:27) | 1 tn Heb “lift your eyes to the west, north, south, and east and see with your eyes.” The translation omits the repetition of “your eyes” for stylistic reasons. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 4:3) | 1 tc The LXX and Syriac read “to Baal Peor,” that is, the god worshiped at that place; see note on the name “Beth Peor” in Deut 3:29. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 3:4) | 1 sn Argob. This is a subdistrict of Bashan, perhaps north of the Yarmuk River. See Y. Aharoni, Land of the Bible, 314. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 2:32) | 2 sn Jahaz. This is probably Khirbet el-Medeiyineh. See J. Dearman, “The Levitical Cities of Reuben and Moabite Toponymy,” BASOR 276 (1984): 55-57. |
| (0.30) | (Deu 1:13) | 1 tn The Hebrew verb נְבֹנִים (nevonim, from בִּין [bin]) is a Niphal referring to skill or intelligence (see T. Fretheim, NIDOTTE 1:652-53). |
| (0.30) | (Deu 1:4) | 7 sn Edrei is probably modern Derʿa, 60 mi (95 km) south of Damascus (see Num 21:33; Josh 12:4; 13:12, 31). |
| (0.30) | (Deu 1:3) | 3 sn The fortieth year would be 1406 b.c. according to the “early” date of the exodus. See E. H. Merrill, Kingdom of Priests, 66-75. |
| (0.30) | (Num 35:1) | 3 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1. |
