6:10 Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you – a land with large, fine cities you did not build, 6:11 houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant – and you eat your fill, 6:12 be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery. 3
13:22 A benevolent 5 person leaves an inheritance 6 for his grandchildren, 7
but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous. 8
1 tn Heb “standing on their mounds.”
2 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.
3 tn Heb “out of the house of slavery” (so NASB, NRSV).
4 tn Or “wadis.”
5 tn Heb “good.”
6 sn In ancient Israel the idea of leaving an inheritance was a sign of God’s blessing; blessings extended to the righteous and not the sinners.
7 tn Heb “the children of children.”
8 sn In the ultimate justice of God, the wealth of the wicked goes to the righteous after death (e.g., Ps 49:10, 17).