Deuteronomy 12:12

12:12 You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages ¹  (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you). ² 

Deuteronomy 12:31

12:31 You must not worship the Lord your God the way they do! ³  For everything that is abhorrent ⁴  to him, ⁵  everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods!

Deuteronomy 28:32

28:32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it. ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 28:53

28:53 You will then eat your own offspring, ⁷  the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege ⁸  by which your enemies will constrict you.

¹ tn Heb “within your gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “who belongs to your community.”

² sn They have no allotment or inheritance with you. See note on the word “inheritance” in Deut 10:9.

³ tn Heb “you must not do thus to/for the Lord your God.”

⁴ tn See note on this term at Deut 7:25.

⁵ tn Heb “every abomination of the Lord.” See note on the word “his” in v. 27.

⁵ tn Heb “and there will be no power in your hand”; NCV “there will be nothing you can do.”

⁷ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NRSV); NASB “the offspring of your own body.”

⁸ tn Heb “siege and stress.”