Deuteronomy 1:17

1:17 They ¹  must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly ²  and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

Deuteronomy 2:14

2:14 Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them.

Deuteronomy 12:11

12:11 Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing ³  everything I am commanding you – your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, ⁴  and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him. ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 12:21

12:21 If the place he ⁶  chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he ⁷  has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages ⁸  just as you wish.

Deuteronomy 14:23

14:23 In the presence of the Lord your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, ⁹  your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always.

Deuteronomy 16:11

16:11 You shall rejoice before him ¹⁰  – you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, ¹¹  the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you – in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name.

Deuteronomy 16:15

16:15 You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the Lord your God in the place he ¹²  chooses, for he ¹³  will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; ¹⁴  so you will indeed rejoice!

Deuteronomy 17:8

Appeal to a Higher Court

17:8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ¹⁵  legal claim, ¹⁶  or assault ¹⁷  – matters of controversy in your villages ¹⁸  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ¹⁹ 

Deuteronomy 26:2

26:2 you must take the first of all the ground’s produce you harvest from the land the Lord your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he ²⁰  chooses to locate his name. ²¹ 

Deuteronomy 26:12

Presentation of the Third-year Tithe

26:12 When you finish tithing all ²²  your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows ²³  so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. ²⁴ 

Deuteronomy 31:7

31:7 Then Moses called out to Joshua ²⁵  in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the Lord promised to give their ancestors, ²⁶  and you will enable them to inherit it.

Deuteronomy 31:21

31:21 Then when ²⁷  many disasters and distresses overcome them ²⁸  this song will testify against them, ²⁹  for their ³⁰  descendants will not forget it. ³¹  I know the ³²  intentions they have in mind ³³  today, even before I bring them ³⁴  to the land I have promised.”

[1:17]  ¹ tn Heb “you,” and throughout the verse (cf. NASB, NRSV).

[1:17]  ² tn Heb “the small,” but referring to social status, not physical stature.

[12:11]  ³ tn Heb “and it will be (to) the place where the Lord your God chooses to cause his name to dwell you will bring.”

[12:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “heave offerings of your hand.”

[12:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

[12:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

[12:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 12:5.

[12:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “gates” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “in your own community.”

[14:23]  ⁷ tn This refers to wine in the early stages of fermentation. In its later stages it becomes wine (יַיִן, yayin) in its mature sense.

[16:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “gates.”

[16:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:15]  ¹² tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “in all the work of your hands” (so NASB, NIV); NAB, NRSV “in all your undertakings.”

[17:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “between blood and blood.”

[17:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “between claim and claim.”

[17:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “between blow and blow.”

[17:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “gates.”

[17:8]  ¹⁷ tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind.

[26:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[26:2]  ¹⁶ sn The place where he chooses to locate his name. This is a circumlocution for the central sanctuary, first the tabernacle and later the Jerusalem temple. See Deut 12:1-14 and especially the note on the word “you” in v. 14.

[26:12]  ¹⁷ tn Heb includes “the tithes of.” This has not been included in the translation to avoid redundancy.

[26:12]  ¹⁸ tn The terms “Levite, resident foreigner, orphan, and widow” are collective singulars in the Hebrew text (also in v. 13).

[26:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “gates.”

[31:7]  ¹⁹ tn The Hebrew text includes “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[31:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 20).

[31:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

[31:21]  ²² tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ²³ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ²⁴ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ²⁵ tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

[31:21]  ²⁶ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ²⁷ tn Heb “which he is doing.”

[31:21]  ²⁸ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.