Deuteronomy 5:22

The Narrative of the Sinai Revelation and Israel’s Response

5:22 The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. ¹  Then he inscribed the words ²  on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 5:24

5:24 You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his great glory ³  and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us ⁴  that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.

Deuteronomy 9:23

9:23 And when he ⁵  sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you, “Go up and possess the land I have given you,” you rebelled against the Lord your God ⁶  and would neither believe nor obey him.

Deuteronomy 13:18

13:18 Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving ⁷  you today and doing what is right ⁸  before him. ⁹ 

Deuteronomy 17:8

Appeal to a Higher Court

17:8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ¹⁰  legal claim, ¹¹  or assault ¹²  – matters of controversy in your villages ¹³  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ¹⁴ 

Deuteronomy 18:16

18:16 This accords with what happened at Horeb in the day of the assembly. You asked the Lord your God: “Please do not make us hear the voice of the Lord our ¹⁵  God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die.”

Deuteronomy 26:14

26:14 I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; ¹⁶  I have obeyed you ¹⁷  and have done everything you have commanded me.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ¹⁸  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ¹⁹  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:15

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore ²⁰  the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: ²¹ 

Deuteronomy 28:45

28:45 All these curses will fall on you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the Lord your God by keeping his commandments and statutes that he has given ²²  you.

Deuteronomy 30:10

30:10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him ²³  with your whole mind and being.

Deuteronomy 30:20

30:20 I also call on you ²⁴  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 ²⁵  in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

¹ tn Heb “and he added no more” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NLT “This was all he said at that time.”

² tn Heb “them”; the referent (the words spoken by the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “his glory and his greatness.”

⁴ tn Heb “this day we have seen.”

⁵ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.

⁶ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord your God,” that is, against the commandment that he had spoken.

⁷ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).

⁸ tc The LXX and Smr add “and good” to bring the phrase in line with a familiar cliché (cf. Deut 6:18; Josh 9:25; 2 Kgs 10:3; 2 Chr 14:1; etc.). This is an unnecessary and improper attempt to force a text into a preconceived mold.

⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord your God.” See note on the word “him” in v. 3.

⁹ tn Heb “between blood and blood.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “between claim and claim.”

¹¹ tn Heb “between blow and blow.”

¹² tn Heb “gates.”

¹³ tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind.

¹¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the collective singular in this verse: “my God…lest I die.”

¹³ sn These practices suggest overtones of pagan ritual, all of which the confessor denies having undertaken. In Canaan they were connected with fertility practices associated with harvest time. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 335-36.

¹⁴ tn Heb “the Lord my God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

¹⁵ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

¹⁷ tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “commanded”; NAB, NIV, TEV “he gave you.”

²¹ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.

²³ 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.

²⁴ tn Heb “he is your life and the length of your days to live.”