Deuteronomy 6:3

6:3 Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number ¹  – as the Lord, God of your ancestors, ²  said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 6:25

6:25 We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments ³  before the Lord our God, just as he demands.” ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 8:1

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ⁵  I am giving ⁶  you today so that you may live, increase in number, ⁷  and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 11:32

11:32 Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.

Deuteronomy 24:8

Respect for Human Dignity

24:8 Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely ⁹  all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.

Deuteronomy 24:2

24:2 When she has left him ¹⁰  she may go and become someone else’s wife.

Deuteronomy 21:8

21:8 Do not blame ¹¹  your people Israel whom you redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person.” ¹²  Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.

Ezekiel 37:24

37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow ¹³  my regulations and carefully observe my statutes. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “may multiply greatly” (so NASB, NRSV); the words “in number” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 18, 23).

³ tn The term “commandment” (מִצְוָה, mitsvah), here in the singular, refers to the entire body of covenant stipulations.

⁴ tn Heb “as he has commanded us” (so NIV, NRSV).

⁵ tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

⁶ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

⁷ tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

⁸ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

⁷ tn Heb “to watch carefully and to do.”

⁹ tn Heb “his house.”

¹¹ tn Heb “Atone for.”

¹² tn Heb “and do not place innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.”

¹³ tn Heb “walk [in].”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and my statutes they will guard and they will do them.”