Deuteronomy 2:25

2:25 This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth ¹  with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.” ² 

Deuteronomy 10:15

10:15 However, only to your ancestors did he ³  show his loving favor, ⁴  and he chose you, their descendants, ⁵  from all peoples – as is apparent today.

Deuteronomy 13:7

13:7 the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth ⁶  to the other).

Deuteronomy 20:16

Laws Concerning War with Canaanite Nations

20:16 As for the cities of these peoples that ⁷  the Lord your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing ⁸  to survive.

Deuteronomy 30:3

30:3 the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he ⁹  has scattered you.

¹ tn Heb “under heaven” (so NIV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “from before you.”

³ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

⁴ tn Heb “take delight to love.” Here again the verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”), juxtaposed with בָחַר (bakhar, “choose”), is a term in covenant contexts that describes the Lord’s initiative in calling the patriarchal ancestors to be the founders of a people special to him (cf. the note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37).

⁵ tn The Hebrew text includes “after them,” but it is redundant in English style and has not been included in the translation.

⁵ tn Or “land” (so NIV, NCV); the same Hebrew word can be translated “land” or “earth.”

⁷ tn The antecedent of the relative pronoun is “cities.”

⁸ tn Heb “any breath.”

⁹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.