Deuteronomy 1:6

Events at Horeb

1:6 The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, “You have stayed ¹  in the area of this mountain long enough.

Deuteronomy 2:10

2:10 (The Emites ²  used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites.

Deuteronomy 2:21

2:21 They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites ³  in advance of the Ammonites, ⁴  so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

Deuteronomy 6:7

6:7 and you must teach ⁵  them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, ⁶  as you lie down, and as you get up.

Deuteronomy 11:19

11:19 Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, ⁷  as you lie down, and as you get up.

Deuteronomy 23:16

23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages ⁸  he prefers; you must not oppress him.

[1:6]  ¹ tn Heb “lived”; “dwelled.”

[2:10]  ² sn Emites. These giant people, like the Anakites (Deut 1:28), were also known as Rephaites (v. 11). They appear elsewhere in the narrative of the invasion of the kings of the east where they are said to have lived around Shaveh Kiriathaim, perhaps 9 to 11 mi (15 to 18 km) east of the north end of the Dead Sea (Gen 14:5).

[2:21]  ³ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Rephaites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Ammonites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “repeat” (so NLT). If from the root I שָׁנַן (shanan), the verb means essentially to “engrave,” that is, “to teach incisively” (Piel); note NAB “Drill them into your children.” Cf. BDB 1041-42 s.v.

[6:7]  ⁵ tn Or “as you are away on a journey” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT); NAB “at home and abroad.”

[11:19]  ⁵ tn Or “as you are away on a journey” (cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT); NAB “at home and abroad.”

[23:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “gates.”