Deuteronomy 17:15
Context17:15 you must select without fail 1 a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens 2 you must appoint a king – you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites. 3
Deuteronomy 17:2
Context17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages 4 that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God 5 and breaks his covenant
Deuteronomy 21:6
Context21:6 and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse 6 must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. 7
[17:15] 1 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “without fail.”
[17:15] 2 tn Heb “your brothers,” but not referring to siblings (cf. NIV “your brother Israelites”; NLT “a fellow Israelite”). The same phrase also occurs in v. 20.
[17:15] 3 tn Heb “your brothers.” See the preceding note on “fellow citizens.”
[17:2] 5 tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the
[21:6] 6 tn Heb “slain [one].”
[21:6] 7 tn Heb “wadi,” a seasonal watercourse through a valley.