Deuteronomy 32:9

32:9 For the Lord’s allotment is his people,

Jacob is his special possession. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 33:4

33:4 Moses delivered to us a law, ² 

an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob.

Deuteronomy 33:10

33:10 They will teach Jacob your ordinances

and Israel your law;

they will offer incense as a pleasant odor,

and a whole offering on your altar.

Deuteronomy 9:27

9:27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

Deuteronomy 33:28

33:28 Israel lives in safety,

the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, ³ 

in a land of grain and new wine;

indeed, its heavens ⁴  rain down dew. ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 34:4

34:4 Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ ⁶  I have let you see it, ⁷  but you will not cross over there.”

Deuteronomy 1:8

1:8 Look! I have already given the land to you. ⁸  Go, occupy the territory that I, ⁹  the Lord, promised ¹⁰  to give to your ancestors ¹¹  Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.” ¹² 

Deuteronomy 6:10

Exhortation to Worship the Lord Exclusively

6:10 Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you – a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

Deuteronomy 9:5

9:5 It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, ¹³  that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he ¹⁴  made on oath to your ancestors, ¹⁵  to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 29:13

29:13 Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God, ¹⁶  just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors ¹⁷  Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 30:20

30:20 I also call on you ¹⁸  to love the Lord your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually ¹⁹  in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

¹ tc Heb “the portion of his inheritance.” The LXX and Smr add “Israel” and BHS suggests the reconstruction: “The Lord’s allotment is Jacob, the portion of his inheritance is Israel” (cf. NAB). While providing good parallelism, it destroys a fine chiastic structure: “allotment” (a), “his people” (b), “Jacob (b’), and “inheritance” (a’).

² tn The Hebrew term תּוֹרָה (torah) here should be understood more broadly as instruction.

³ tn Heb “all alone.” The idea is that such vital resources as water will some day no longer need protection because God will provide security.

⁴ tn Or “skies.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁵ tn Or perhaps “drizzle, showers.” See note at Deut 32:2.

⁴ tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).

⁵ tn The Hebrew text includes “with your eyes,” but this is redundant in English and is left untranslated.

⁵ tn Heb “I have placed before you the land.”

⁶ tn Heb “the Lord.” Since the Lord is speaking, it is preferable for clarity to supply the first person pronoun in the translation.

⁷ tn Heb “swore” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). This refers to God’s promise, made by solemn oath, to give the patriarchs the land.

⁸ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 11, 21, 35).

⁹ tn Heb “their seed after them.”

⁶ tn Heb “uprightness of your heart” (so NASB, NRSV). The Hebrew word צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah, “righteousness”), though essentially synonymous here with יֹשֶׁר (yosher, “uprightness”), carries the idea of conformity to an objective standard. The term יֹשֶׁר has more to do with an inner, moral quality (cf. NAB, NIV “integrity”). Neither, however, was grounds for the Lord’s favor. As he states in both vv. 4-5, the main reason he allowed Israel to take this land was the sinfulness of the Canaanites who lived there (cf. Gen 15:16).

⁷ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.

⁸ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁷ tn Heb “in order to establish you today to him for a people and he will be to you for God.” Verses 10-13 are one long sentence in Hebrew. The translation divides this into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).

⁸ tn The words “I also call on you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 19-20 are one long sentence, which the translation divides into two.

⁹ tn Heb “he is your life and the length of your days to live.”