Deuteronomy 9:26-27

9:26 I prayed to him: ¹  O, Lord God, ²  do not destroy your people, your valued property ³  that you have powerfully redeemed, ⁴  whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength. ⁵  9:27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

Deuteronomy 32:50

32:50 You will die ⁶  on the mountain that you ascend and join your deceased ancestors, ⁷  just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor ⁸  and joined his deceased ancestors,

¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 9:3.

² tn Heb “Lord Lord” (אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה, ’adonay yÿhvih). The phrase is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God” (אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהִים, ’adonay ’elohim). See also the note on the phrase “Lord God” in Deut 3:24.

³ tn Heb “your inheritance”; NLT “your special (very own NRSV) possession.” Israel is compared to landed property that one would inherit from his ancestors and pass on to his descendants.

⁴ tn Heb “you have redeemed in your greatness.”

⁵ tn Heb “by your strong hand.”

⁶ tn In the Hebrew text the forms translated “you will die…and join” are imperatives, but the actions in view cannot really be commanded. The imperative is used here in a rhetorical, emphatic manner to indicate the certainty of Moses’ death on the mountain. On the rhetorical use of the imperative see IBHS 572 §34.4c.

⁷ tn Heb “be gathered to your people.” The same phrase occurs again later in this verse.

⁸ sn Mount Hor. See note on the name “Moserah” in Deut 10:6.