Deuteronomy 1:3

1:3 However, it was not until ¹  the first day of the eleventh month ²  of the fortieth year ³  that Moses addressed the Israelites just as ⁴  the Lord had instructed him to do.

Deuteronomy 2:7

2:7 All along the way I, the Lord your God, ⁵  have blessed your every effort. ⁶  I have ⁷  been attentive to ⁸  your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have ⁹  been with you; you have lacked for nothing.’”

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 8:2

8:2 Remember the whole way by which he ¹⁰  has brought you these forty years through the desert ¹¹  so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 24:5

24:5 When a man is newly married, he need not go into ¹²  the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to ¹³  the wife he has married.

Deuteronomy 31:2

31:2 He said to them, “Today I am a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, ¹⁴  and the Lord has said to me, ‘You will not cross the Jordan.’

[1:3]  ¹ tn Heb “in” or “on.” Here there is a contrast between the ordinary time of eleven days (v. 2) and the actual time of forty years, so “not until” brings out that vast disparity.

[1:3]  ² sn The eleventh month is Shebat in the Hebrew calendar, January/February in the modern (Gregorian) calendar.

[1:3]  ³ sn The fortieth year would be 1406 b.c. according to the “early” date of the exodus. See E. H. Merrill, Kingdom of Priests, 66-75.

[1:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to all which.”

[2:7]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text does not have the first person pronoun; it has been supplied for purposes of English style (the Lord is speaking here).

[2:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

[2:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “he has.” This has been converted to first person in the translation in keeping with English style.

[2:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “known” (so ASV, NASB); NAB “been concerned about.”

[2:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord your God has.” This has been replaced in the translation by the first person pronoun (“I”) in keeping with English style.

[8:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NRSV, NLT); likewise in v. 15.

[24:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “go out with.”

[24:5]  ¹⁴ tc For the MT’s reading Piel שִׂמַּח (simmakh, “bring joy to”), the Syriac and others read שָׂמַח (samakh, “enjoy”).

[31:2]  ¹⁷ tn Or “am no longer able to lead you” (NIV, NLT); Heb “am no longer able to go out and come in.”