Deuteronomy 2:37

2:37 However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, ¹  the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the Lord our God.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Reminder of the Horeb Covenant

4:9 Again, however, pay very careful attention, ²  lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.

Deuteronomy 4:26

4:26 I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you ³  today that you will surely and swiftly be removed ⁴  from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be ⁵  annihilated.

Deuteronomy 5:24

5:24 You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his great glory ⁶  and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us ⁷  that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.

Deuteronomy 5:33

5:33 Walk just as he ⁸  has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long ⁹  in the land you are going to possess.

Deuteronomy 6:7

6:7 and you must teach ¹⁰  them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, ¹¹  as you lie down, and as you get up.

Deuteronomy 8:1

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ¹²  I am giving ¹³  you today so that you may live, increase in number, ¹⁴  and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ¹⁵ 

Deuteronomy 16:6

16:6 but you must sacrifice it ¹⁶  in the evening in ¹⁷  the place where he ¹⁸  chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 19:14

Laws Concerning Witnesses

19:14 You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, ¹⁹  which will have been defined ²⁰  in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you. ²¹ 

Deuteronomy 21:8

21:8 Do not blame ²²  your people Israel whom you redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person.” ²³  Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ²⁴  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ²⁵  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:12

28:12 The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; ²⁶  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

Deuteronomy 28:45

28:45 All these curses will fall on you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the Lord your God by keeping his commandments and statutes that he has given ²⁷  you.

Deuteronomy 29:23

29:23 The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger. ²⁸ 

Deuteronomy 30:1

The Results of Covenant Reaffirmation

30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses ²⁹  I have set before you, you will reflect upon them ³⁰  in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.

Deuteronomy 33:19

33:19 They will summon peoples to the mountain,

there they will sacrifice proper ³¹  sacrifices;

for they will enjoy ³²  the abundance of the seas,

and the hidden treasures of the shores. ³³ 

¹ sn Wadi Jabbok. Now known as the Zerqa River, this is a major tributary of the Jordan that normally served as a boundary between Ammon and Gad (Deut 3:16).

² tn Heb “watch yourself and watch your soul carefully.”

³ sn I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you. This stock formula introduces what is known form-critically as a רִיב (riv) or controversy pattern. It is commonly used in the ancient Near Eastern world in legal contexts and in the OT as a forensic or judicial device to draw attention to Israel’s violation of the Lord’s covenant with them (see Deut 30:19; Isa 1:2; 3:13; Jer 2:9). Since court proceedings required the testimony of witnesses, the Lord here summons heaven and earth (that is, all creation) to testify to his faithfulness, Israel’s disobedience, and the threat of judgment.

⁴ tn Or “be destroyed”; KJV “utterly perish”; NLT “will quickly disappear”; CEV “you won’t have long to live.”

⁵ tn Or “be completely” (so NCV, TEV). It is not certain here if the infinitive absolute indicates the certainty of the following action (cf. NIV) or its degree.

⁴ tn Heb “his glory and his greatness.”

⁵ tn Heb “this day we have seen.”

⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁶ tn Heb “may prolong your days”; NAB “may have long life”; TEV “will continue to live.”

⁶ tn Heb “repeat” (so NLT). If from the root I שָׁנַן (shanan), the verb means essentially to “engrave,” that is, “to teach incisively” (Piel); note NAB “Drill them into your children.” Cf. BDB 1041-42 s.v.

⁷ tn Or “as you are away on a journey” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT); NAB “at home and abroad.”

⁷ tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

⁸ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

⁹ tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

⁸ tn Heb “the Passover.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.

⁹ tc The MT reading אֶל (’el, “unto”) before “the place” should, following Smr, Syriac, Targums, and Vulgate, be omitted in favor of ב (bet; בַּמָּקוֹם, bammaqom), “in the place.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

⁹ tn Heb “border.” Cf. NRSV “You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “which they set off from the beginning.”

¹¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.” This phrase has been left untranslated to avoid redundancy.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Atone for.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and do not place innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.”

¹¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

¹² tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

¹² tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

¹³ tn Heb “commanded”; NAB, NIV, TEV “he gave you.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “the anger and the wrath.” This construction is a hendiadys intended to intensify the emotion.

¹⁵ tn Heb “the blessing and the curse.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”

¹⁶ tn Or “acceptable”; Heb “righteous” (so NASB).

¹⁷ tn Heb “suck.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “of the sand” (so NRSV, NLT); CEV “the sandy beach.”