Deuteronomy 1:23

1:23 I thought this was a good idea, ¹  so I sent ²  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Deuteronomy 7:20

7:20 Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets ³  among them until the very last ones who hide from you ⁴  perish.

Deuteronomy 7:23

7:23 The Lord your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic ⁵  until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 11:11

11:11 Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy ⁶  is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains, ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 11:16

Exhortation to Instruction and Obedience

11:16 Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods! ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 14:22

The Offering of Tribute

14:22 You must be certain to tithe ⁹  all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year.

Deuteronomy 20:13

20:13 The Lord your God will deliver it over to you ¹⁰  and you must kill every single male by the sword.

Deuteronomy 23:19

Respect for Others’ Property

23:19 You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, ¹¹  whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.

Deuteronomy 24:9

24:9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam ¹²  along the way after you left Egypt.

Deuteronomy 28:23

28:23 The ¹³  sky ¹⁴  above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “the thing was good in my eyes.”

[1:23]  ² tn Or “selected” (so NIV, NRSV, TEV); Heb “took.”

[7:20]  ³ tn The meaning of the term translated “hornets” (צִרְעָה, tsir’ah) is debated. Various suggestions are “discouragement” (HALOT 1056-57 s.v.; cf. NEB, TEV, CEV “panic”; NCV “terror”) and “leprosy” (J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy [JPSTC], 360, n. 33; cf. NRSV “the pestilence”), as well as “hornet” (BDB 864 s.v.; cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT). The latter seems most suitable to the verb שָׁלַח (shalakh, “send”; cf. Exod 23:28; Josh 24:12).

[7:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “the remnant and those who hide themselves.”

[7:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “he will confuse them (with) great confusion.” The verb used here means “shake, stir up” (see Ruth 1:19; 1 Sam 4:5; 1 Kgs 1:45; Ps 55:2); the accompanying cognate noun refers to confusion, unrest, havoc, or panic (1 Sam 5:9, 11; 14:20; 2 Chr 15:5; Prov 15:16; Isa 22:5; Ezek 7:7; 22:5; Amos 3:9; Zech 14:13).

[11:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”

[11:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “rain of heaven.”

[11:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “Watch yourselves lest your heart turns and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them.”

[14:22]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “be certain.”

[20:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “to your hands.”

[23:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to your brother” (likewise in the following verse). Since this is not limited to actual siblings, “fellow Israelite” is used in the translation (cf. NAB, NASB “countrymen”).

[24:9]  ¹⁷ sn What the Lord your God did to Miriam. The reference is to Miriam’s having contracted leprosy because of her intemperate challenge to Moses’ leadership (Num 12:1-15). The purpose for the allusion here appears to be the assertion of the theocratic leadership of the priests who, like Moses, should not be despised.

[28:23]  ¹⁹ tc The MT reads “Your.” The LXX reads “Heaven will be to you.”

[28:23]  ²⁰ tn Or “heavens” (also in the following verse). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.