Deuteronomy 21:11

21:11 if you should see among them ¹  an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife,

Deuteronomy 7:7

The Basis of Israel’s Election

7:7 It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you – for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

Deuteronomy 10:15

10:15 However, only to your ancestors did he ²  show his loving favor, ³  and he chose you, their descendants, ⁴  from all peoples – as is apparent today.

¹ tn Heb “the prisoners.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

² tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

³ 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).

⁴ tn The Hebrew text includes “after them,” but it is redundant in English style and has not been included in the translation.