Deuteronomy 1:23

1:23 I thought this was a good idea, ¹  so I sent ²  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Deuteronomy 12:25

12:25 You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight. ³ 

Deuteronomy 21:9

21:9 In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before ⁴  the Lord.

¹ tn Heb “the thing was good in my eyes.”

² tn Or “selected” (so NIV, NRSV, TEV); Heb “took.”

³ tc Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.” The LXX adds “your God” to create the common formula, “the Lord your God.” The MT is preferred precisely because it does not include the stereotyped formula; thus it more likely preserves the original text.

⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of” (so ASV, NASB, NIV).