4:1 Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances 10 I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, 11 is giving you.
6:1 Now these are the commandments, 12 statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed 13
1 map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
2 tn Or “set aside.”
3 tn Heb “when he struck [or “smote”].”
4 sn See Deut 2:26–3:22.
5 tn Heb “who lived.”
6 sn Heshbon is probably modern Tell Hesban, about 7.5 mi (12 km) south southwest of Amman, Jordan.
7 tn Heb “who lived.”
8 sn Ashtaroth is probably Tell àAshtarah, about 22 mi (35 km) due east of the Sea of Galilee.
9 sn Edrei is probably modern Deràa, 60 mi (95 km) south of Damascus (see Num 21:33; Josh 12:4; 13:12, 31).
10 tn These technical Hebrew terms (חֻקִּים [khuqqim] and מִשְׁפָּטִים [mishpatim]) occur repeatedly throughout the Book of Deuteronomy to describe the covenant stipulations to which Israel had been called to subscribe (see, in this chapter alone, vv. 1, 5, 6, 8). The word חֻקִּים derives from the verb חֹק (khoq, “to inscribe; to carve”) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim) from שָׁפַט (shafat, “to judge”). They are virtually synonymous and are used interchangeably in Deuteronomy.
11 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 37).
12 tn Heb “commandment.” The word מִצְוָה (mitsvah) again is in the singular, serving as a comprehensive term for the whole stipulation section of the book. See note on the word “commandments” in 5:31.
13 tn Heb “where you are going over to possess it” (so NASB); NRSV “that you are about to cross into and occupy.”