Deuteronomy 17:16

17:16 Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, ¹  for the Lord has said you must never again return that way.

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ²  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ³  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 8:11

Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God

8:11 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 8:2

8:2 Remember the whole way by which he ⁴  has brought you these forty years through the desert ⁵  so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 8:4

8:4 Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years.

¹ tn Heb “in order to multiply horses.” The translation uses “do so” in place of “multiply horses” to avoid redundancy (cf. NAB, NIV).

² tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

³ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NRSV, NLT); likewise in v. 15.