Deuteronomy 1:43
1:43 I spoke to you, but you did not listen. Instead you rebelled against the
Lord 1 and recklessly went up to the hill country.
Deuteronomy 1:45
1:45 Then you came back and wept before the
Lord, but he
2 paid no attention to you whatsoever.
3
Deuteronomy 18:15
18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you – from your fellow Israelites; 4 you must listen to him.
Deuteronomy 19:20
19:20 The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.
Deuteronomy 28:2
28:2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance
5 if you obey the
Lord your God:
Deuteronomy 30:17
30:17 However, if you
6 turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,
1 tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.” See note at 1:26.
2 tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun (“he”) has been employed in the translation here for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.
3 tn Heb “did not hear your voice and did not turn an ear to you.”
3 tc The MT expands here on the usual formula by adding “from among you” (cf. Deut 17:15; 18:18; Smr; a number of Greek texts). The expansion seems to be for the purpose of emphasis, i.e., the prophet to come must be not just from Israel but an Israelite by blood.
4 tn Heb “come upon you and overtake you” (so NASB, NRSV); NIV “come upon you and accompany you.”
5 tn Heb “your heart,” as a metonymy for the person.