Deuteronomy 1:14

1:14 You replied to me that what I had said to you was good.

Deuteronomy 1:46

1:46 Therefore, you remained at Kadesh for a long time – indeed, for the full time. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 2:35

2:35 We kept only the livestock and plunder from the cities for ourselves.

Deuteronomy 4:44

The Setting and Introduction of the Covenant

4:44 This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. ² 

Deuteronomy 6:16

Exhortation to Obey the Lord Exclusively

6:16 You must not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah. ³ 

Deuteronomy 6:19

6:19 and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the Lord said.

Deuteronomy 14:12

14:12 These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, ⁴  the vulture, ⁵  the black vulture, ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 16:22

16:22 You must not erect a sacred pillar, ⁷  a thing the Lord your God detests.

¹ tn Heb “like the days which you lived.” This refers to the rest of the forty-year period in the desert before Israel arrived in Moab.

¹ tn Heb “the sons of Israel” (likewise in the following verse).

¹ sn The place name Massah (מַסָּה, massah) derives from a root (נָסָה, nasah) meaning “to test; to try.” The reference here is to the experience in the Sinai desert when Moses struck the rock to obtain water (Exod 17:1-2). The complaining Israelites had, thus, “tested” the Lord, a wickedness that gave rise to the naming of the place (Exod 17:7; cf. Deut 9:22; 33:8).

¹ tn NEB “the griffon-vulture.”

² tn The Hebrew term פֶּרֶס (peres) describes a large vulture otherwise known as the ossifrage (cf. KJV). This largest of the vultures takes its name from its habit of dropping skeletal remains from a great height so as to break the bones apart.

³ tn The Hebrew term עָזְנִיָּה (’ozniyyah) may describe the black vulture (so NIV) or it may refer to the osprey (so NAB, NRSV, NLT), an eagle-like bird subsisting mainly on fish.

¹ sn Sacred pillar. This refers to the stelae (stone pillars; the Hebrew term is מַצֵּבֹת, matsevot) associated with Baal worship, perhaps to mark a spot hallowed by an alleged visitation of the gods. See also Deut 7:5.