Deuteronomy 13:7

13:7 the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth ¹  to the other).

Deuteronomy 14:28

14:28 At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.

Deuteronomy 30:4

30:4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, ²  from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

Deuteronomy 4:32

The Uniqueness of Israel’s God

4:32 Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind ³  on the earth, and ask ⁴  from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.

Deuteronomy 28:64

28:64 The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 28:49

28:49 The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth ⁵  as the eagle flies, ⁶  a nation whose language you will not understand,

[13:7]  ¹ tn Or “land” (so NIV, NCV); the same Hebrew word can be translated “land” or “earth.”

[30:4]  ² tn Heb “are at the farthest edge of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[4:32]  ³ tn The Hebrew term אָדָם (’adam) may refer either to Adam or, more likely, to “man” in the sense of the human race (“mankind,” “humankind”). The idea here seems more universal in scope than reference to Adam alone would suggest.

[4:32]  ⁴ tn The verb is not present in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for clarification. The challenge has both temporal and geographical dimensions. The people are challenged to (1) inquire about the entire scope of past history and (2) conduct their investigation on a worldwide scale.

[28:49]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the end of the earth.”

[28:49]  ⁵ tn Some translations understand this to mean “like an eagle swoops down” (e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT), comparing the swift attack of an eagle to the attack of the Israelites’ enemies.