Deuteronomy 12:29

The Abomination of Pagan Gods

12:29 When the Lord your God eliminates the nations from the place where you are headed and you dispossess them, you will settle down in their land. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 17:9

17:9 You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

Deuteronomy 23:24

23:24 When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, ²  but you must not take away any in a container. ³ 

Deuteronomy 24:21

24:21 When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; ⁴  they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

Deuteronomy 25:1

25:1 If controversy arises between people, ⁵  they should go to court for judgment. When the judges ⁶  hear the case, they shall exonerate ⁷  the innocent but condemn ⁸  the guilty.

[12:29]  ¹ tn Heb “dwell in their land” (so NASB). In the Hebrew text vv. 29-30 are one long sentence. For stylistic reasons the translation divides it into two.

[23:24]  ² tn Heb “grapes according to your appetite, your fullness.”

[23:24]  ³ tn Heb “in your container”; NAB, NIV “your basket.”

[24:21]  ³ tn Heb “glean after you.”

[25:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “men.”

[25:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the judges) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “declare to be just”; KJV, NASB “justify the righteous”; NAB, NIV “acquitting the innocent.”

[25:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “declare to be evil”; NIV “condemning the guilty (+ party NAB).”