Deuteronomy 4:7

4:7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?

Deuteronomy 5:33

5:33 Walk just as he¹ has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long² in the land you are going to possess.

Deuteronomy 7:15

7:15 The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you.

Deuteronomy 12:7

12:7 Both you and your families³ must feast there before the Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he⁴ has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 16:4

16:4 There must not be a scrap of yeast within your land⁵ for seven days, nor can any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the next morning.⁶

Deuteronomy 16:18

Provision for Justice

16:18 You must appoint judges and civil servants⁷ for each tribe in all your villages⁸ that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.⁹

Deuteronomy 26:11

26:11 You will celebrate all the good things that the Lord your God has given you and your family,¹⁰ along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you.

Deuteronomy 26:16

Narrative Interlude

26:16 Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.¹¹

Deuteronomy 30:2

30:2 Then if you and your descendants¹² turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being¹³ just as¹⁴ I am commanding you today,

Deuteronomy 30:6

30:6 The Lord your God will also cleanse¹⁵ your heart and the hearts of your descendants¹⁶ so that you may love him¹⁷ with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

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

²tn Heb “may prolong your days”; NAB “may have long life”; TEV “will continue to live.”

¹tn Heb “and your houses,” referring to entire households. The pronouns “you” and “your” are plural in the Hebrew text.

²tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

¹tn Heb “leaven must not be seen among you in all your border.”

²tn Heb “remain all night until the morning” (so KJV, ASV). This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹tn The Hebrew term וְשֹׁטְרִים (vÿshoterim), usually translated “officers” (KJV, NCV) or “officials” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT), derives from the verb שֹׁטֵר (shoter, “to write”). The noun became generic for all types of public officials. Here, however, it may be appositionally epexegetical to “judges,” thus resulting in the phrase, “judges, that is, civil officers,” etc. Whoever the שֹׁטְרִים are, their task here consists of rendering judgments and administering justice.

²tn Heb “gates.”

³tn Heb “with judgment of righteousness”; ASV, NASB “with righteous judgment.”

¹tn Or “household” (so NASB, NIV, NLT); Heb “house” (so KJV, NRSV).

¹tn Or “mind and being”; cf. NCV “with your whole being”; TEV “obey them faithfully with all your heart.”

¹tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”

²tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).

³tn Heb “according to all.”

¹tn Heb “circumcise” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “will give you and your descendents obedient hearts.” See note on the word “cleanse” in Deut 10:16.

²tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).

³tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.