Deuteronomy 33:6

Blessing on Reuben

33:6 May Reuben live and not die,

and may his people multiply. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 2:34

2:34 At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them ²  under divine judgment, ³  including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

Deuteronomy 3:6

3:6 We put all of these under divine judgment ⁴  just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon – every occupied city, ⁵  including women and children.

Deuteronomy 4:27

4:27 Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you ⁶  among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

Deuteronomy 28:62

28:62 There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, ⁷  because you will have disobeyed ⁸  the Lord your God.

¹ tn Heb “and [not] may his men be few” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV).

² tn Heb “every city of men.” This apparently identifies the cities as inhabited.

³ tn Heb “under the ban” (נַחֲרֵם, nakharem). The verb employed is חָרַם (kharam, usually in the Hiphil) and the associated noun is חֵרֶם (kherem). See J. Naudé, NIDOTTE, 2:276-77, and, for a more thorough discussion, Susan Niditch, War in the Hebrew Bible, 28-77.

³ tn Heb “we put them under the ban” (נַחֲרֵם, nakharem). See note at 2:34.

⁴ tn Heb “city of men.”

⁴ tn Heb “you will be left men (i.e., few) of number.”

⁵ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁶ tn Heb “have not listened to the voice of.”