Genesis 25:5-6

25:5 Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac. 25:6 But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines ¹  and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac. ² 

Deuteronomy 17:17

17:17 Furthermore, he must not marry many ³  wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ⁴  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ⁵  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 3:9

3:9 (the Sidonians ⁶  call Hermon Sirion ⁷  and the Amorites call it Senir), ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 14:3-7

14:3 You must not eat any forbidden ⁹  thing. 14:4 These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, 14:5 the ibex, ¹⁰  the gazelle, ¹¹  the deer, ¹²  the wild goat, the antelope, ¹³  the wild oryx, ¹⁴  and the mountain sheep. ¹⁵  14:6 You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud. ¹⁶  14:7 However, you may not eat the following animals among those that chew the cud or those that have divided hooves: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger. ¹⁷  (Although they chew the cud, they do not have divided hooves and are therefore ritually impure to you).

Deuteronomy 14:2

14:2 For you are a people holy ¹⁸  to the Lord your God. He ¹⁹  has chosen you to be his people, prized ²⁰  above all others on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 11:18-21

11:18 Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, ²¹  and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols ²²  on your forehead. 11:19 Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, ²³  as you lie down, and as you get up. 11:20 Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates 11:21 so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the Lord promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself. ²⁴ 

Deuteronomy 13:1

13:1 Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams ²⁵  should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder, ²⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “the sons of the concubines who [belonged] to Abraham.”

² tn Heb “And he sent them away from upon Isaac his son, while he was still living, eastward to the land of the east.”

¹ tn Heb “must not multiply” (cf. KJV, NASB); NLT “must not take many.”

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

² tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

¹ sn Sidonians were Phoenician inhabitants of the city of Sidon (now in Lebanon), about 47 mi (75 km) north of Mount Carmel.

² sn Sirion. This name is attested in the Ugaritic texts as sryn. See UT 495.

³ sn Senir. Probably this was actually one of the peaks of Hermon and not the main mountain (Song of Songs 4:8; 1 Chr 5:23). It is mentioned in a royal inscription of Shalmaneser III of Assyria (saniru; see ANET 280).

¹ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “forbidden; abhorrent”) describes anything detestable to the Lord because of its innate evil or inconsistency with his own nature and character. See note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25. Cf. KJV “abominable”; NIV “detestable”; NRSV “abhorrent.”

¹ tn The Hebrew term אַיָּל (’ayyal) may refer to a type of deer (cf. Arabic ’ayyal). Cf. NAB “the red deer.”

² tn The Hebrew term צְבִי (tsÿvi) is sometimes rendered “roebuck” (so KJV).

³ tn The Hebrew term יַחְמוּר (yakhmur) may refer to a “fallow deer”; cf. Arabic yahmur (“deer”). Cf. NAB, NIV, NCV “roe deer”; NEB, NRSV, NLT “roebuck.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew term דִּישֹׁן (dishon) is a hapax legomenon. Its referent is uncertain but the animal is likely a variety of antelope (cf. NEB “white-rumped deer”; NIV, NRSV, NLT “ibex”).

⁵ tn The Hebrew term תְּאוֹ (tÿ’o; a variant is תּוֹא, to’) could also refer to another species of antelope. Cf. NEB “long-horned antelope”; NIV, NRSV “antelope.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew term זֶמֶר (zemer) is another hapax legomenon with the possible meaning “wild sheep.” Cf. KJV, ASV “chamois”; NEB “rock-goat”; NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “mountain sheep.”

¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “among the animals.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹ tn The Hebrew term שָׁפָן (shafan) may refer to the “coney” (cf. KJV, NIV) or hyrax (“rock badger,” cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

¹ tn Or “set apart.”

² tn Heb “The Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

³ tn Or “treasured.” The Hebrew term סְגֻלָּה (sÿgullah) describes Israel as God’s choice people, those whom he elected and who are most precious to him (cf. Exod 19:4-6; Deut 14:2; 26:18; 1 Chr 29:3; Ps 135:4; Eccl 2:8 Mal 3:17). See E. Carpenter, NIDOTTE 3:224.

¹ tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

² tn On the Hebrew term טוֹטָפֹת (totafot, “reminders”), cf. Deut 6:4-9.

¹ tn Or “as you are away on a journey” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT); NAB “at home and abroad.”

¹ tn Heb “like the days of the heavens upon the earth,” that is, forever.

¹ tn 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).

² tn 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.