Deuteronomy 1:29

1:29 So I responded to you, “Do not be terrified ¹  of them!

Deuteronomy 18:11

18:11 one who casts spells, ²  one who conjures up spirits, ³  a practitioner of the occult, ⁴  or a necromancer. ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 22:13

Purity in the Marriage Relationship

22:13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, ⁶  and then rejects ⁷  her,

Deuteronomy 30:14

30:14 For the thing is very near you – it is in your mouth and in your mind ⁸  so that you can do it.

Deuteronomy 32:48

Instructions about Moses’ Death

32:48 Then the Lord said to Moses that same day,

[1:29]  ¹ tn Heb “do not tremble and do not be afraid.” Two synonymous commands are combined for emphasis.

[18:11]  ² tn Heb “a binder of binding” (חֹבֵר חָבֶר, khover khaver). The connotation is that of immobilizing (“binding”) someone or something by the use of magical words (cf. Ps 58:6; Isa 47:9, 12).

[18:11]  ³ tn Heb “asker of a [dead] spirit” (שֹׁאֵל אוֹב, sho’el ’ov). This is a form of necromancy (cf. Lev 19:31; 20:6; 1 Sam 28:8, 9; Isa 8:19; 19:3; 29:4).

[18:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “a knowing [or “familiar”] [spirit]” (יִדְּעֹנִי, yiddÿ’oniy), i.e., one who is expert in mantic arts (cf. Lev 19:31; 20:6, 27; 1 Sam 28:3, 9; 2 Kgs 21:6; Isa 8:19; 19:3).

[18:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “a seeker of the dead.” This is much the same as “one who conjures up spirits” (cf. 1 Sam 28:6-7).

[22:13]  ³ tn Heb “goes to her,” a Hebrew euphemistic idiom for sexual relations.

[22:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “hate.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15. Cf. NAB “comes to dislike”; NASB “turns against”; TEV “decides he doesn’t want.”

[30:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “heart.”