Deuteronomy 12:1

Context

The Central Sanctuary

12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors,¹ has given you to possess.²

Deuteronomy 31:13

Context
31:13 Then their children, who have not known this law,³ will also hear about and learn to fear the Lord your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

[12:1] ¹tn Heb “fathers.”

[12:1] ²tn Heb “you must be careful to obey in the land the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days which you live in the land.” This adverbial statement modifies “to obey,” not “to possess,” so the order in the translation has been rearranged to make this clear.

[31:13] ³tn The phrase “this law” is not in the Hebrew text, but English style requires an object for the verb here. Other translations also supply the object which is otherwise implicit (cf. NIV “who do not know this law”; TEV “who have never heard the Law of the Lord your God”).