Deuteronomy 1:28

1:28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage ¹  by describing people who are more numerous ²  and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven ³  itself! Moreover, they said they saw ⁴  Anakites ⁵  there.”

Deuteronomy 2:36

2:36 From Aroer, ⁶  which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), ⁷  all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us – the Lord our God gave them all to us.

Deuteronomy 4:2

4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to ⁸  you.

Deuteronomy 18:22

18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my ⁹  name and the prediction ¹⁰  is not fulfilled, ¹¹  then I have ¹²  not spoken it; ¹³  the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”

Deuteronomy 20:19

20:19 If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, ¹⁴  you must not chop down its trees, ¹⁵  for you may eat fruit ¹⁶  from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it! ¹⁷ 

[1:28]  ¹ tn Heb “have caused our hearts to melt.”

[1:28]  ² tn Heb “greater.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “stronger,” NAB, NIV, NRSV; “bigger,” NASB).

[1:28]  ³ tn Or “as the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[1:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “we have seen.”

[1:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “the sons of the Anakim.”

[2:36]  ⁶ sn Aroer. Now known as àAraáir on the northern edge of the Arnon river, Aroer marked the southern limit of Moab and, later, of the allotment of the tribe of Reuben (Josh 13:9, 16).

[2:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “the city in the wadi.” This enigmatic reference may refer to Ar or, more likely, to Aroer itself. Epexegetically the text might read, “From Aroer…, that is, the city in the wadi.” See D. L. Christensen, Deuteronomy 1–11 (WBC), 49.

[4:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “commanding.”

[18:22]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the Lord’s.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

[18:22]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. NAB “his oracle.”

[18:22]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”

[18:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the Lord has.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

[18:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”

[20:19]  ²¹ tn Heb “to fight against it to capture it.”

[20:19]  ²² tn Heb “you must not destroy its trees by chopping them with an iron” (i.e., an ax).

[20:19]  ²³ tn Heb “you may eat from them.” The direct object is not expressed; the word “fruit” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[20:19]  ²⁴ tn Heb “to go before you in siege.”