Deuteronomy 4:29

4:29 But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 10:7

10:7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah, ²  and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, ³  a place of flowing streams.

Deuteronomy 19:12

19:12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger ⁴  to die.

Deuteronomy 30:4

30:4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, ⁵  from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

¹ tn Or “mind and being.” See Deut 6:5.

² sn Gudgodah. This is probably the same as Haggidgad, which is also associated with Jotbathah (Num 33:33).

³ sn Jotbathah. This place, whose Hebrew name can be translated “place of wadis,” is possibly modern Ain Tabah, just north of Eilat, or Tabah, 6.5 mi (11 km) south of Eilat on the west shore of the Gulf of Aqaba.

³ tn The גֹאֵל הַדָּם (go’el haddam, “avenger of blood”) would ordinarily be a member of the victim’s family who, after due process of law, was invited to initiate the process of execution (cf. Num 35:16-28). See R. Hubbard, NIDOTTE 1:789-94.

⁴ tn Heb “are at the farthest edge of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.