Deuteronomy 7:21

7:21 You must not tremble in their presence, for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.

Deuteronomy 19:20

19:20 The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

Deuteronomy 23:16

23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages¹ he prefers; you must not oppress him.

Deuteronomy 28:43

28:43 The foreigners² who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.

Deuteronomy 6:15

6:15 for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.³

Deuteronomy 13:1

13:1 Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams⁴ should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,⁵

Deuteronomy 13:11

13:11 Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.⁶

Deuteronomy 13:14

13:14 You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you,⁷

Deuteronomy 26:11

26:11 You will celebrate all the good things that the Lord your God has given you and your family,⁸ along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you.

Deuteronomy 16:11

16:11 You shall rejoice before him⁹ – you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages,¹⁰ the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.

Deuteronomy 17:2

17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages¹¹ that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God¹² and breaks his covenant

¹tn Heb “gates.”

¹tn Heb “the foreigner.” This is a collective singular and has therefore been translated as plural; this includes the pronouns in the following verse, which are also singular in the Hebrew text.

¹tn Heb “lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you and destroy you from upon the surface of the ground.” Cf. KJV, ASV “from off the face of the earth.”

¹tn Heb “or a dreamer of dreams” (so KJV, ASV, NASB). The difference between a prophet (נָבִיא, navi’) and one who foretells by dreams (חֹלֵם אוֹ, ’o kholem) was not so much one of office – for both received revelation by dreams (cf. Num 12:6) – as it was of function or emphasis. The prophet was more a proclaimer and interpreter of revelation whereas the one who foretold by dreams was a receiver of revelation. In later times the role of the one who foretold by dreams was abused and thus denigrated as compared to that of the prophet (cf. Jer 23:28).

²tn The expression אוֹת אוֹ מוֹפֵת (’ot ’o mofet) became a formulaic way of speaking of ways of authenticating prophetic messages or other works of God (cf. Deut 28:46; Isa 20:3). The NT equivalent is the Greek term σημεῖον (shmeion), a sign performed (used frequently in the Gospel of John, cf. 2:11, 18; 20:30-31). They could, however, be counterfeited or (as here) permitted to false prophets by the Lord as a means of testing his people.

¹sn Some see in this statement an argument for the deterrent effect of capital punishment (Deut 17:13; 19:20; 21:21).

¹tc Theodotian adds “in Israel,” perhaps to broaden the matter beyond the local village.

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

¹tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

²tn Heb “gates.”

¹tn Heb “gates.”

²tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”