Deuteronomy 13:9

13:9 Instead, you must kill him without fail! ¹  Your own hand must be the first to strike him, ²  and then the hands of the whole community.

Deuteronomy 14:25

14:25 you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, ³  and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself.

Deuteronomy 15:21

15:21 If they have any kind of blemish – lameness, blindness, or anything else ⁴  – you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ⁵  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ⁶  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 17:7

17:7 The witnesses ⁷  must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people ⁸  are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 18:5

18:5 For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand ⁹  and serve in his name ¹⁰  permanently.

Deuteronomy 24:7

24:7 If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, ¹¹  and regards him as mere property ¹²  and sells him, that kidnapper ¹³  must die. In this way you will purge ¹⁴  evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 28:30

28:30 You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape ¹⁵  her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

[13:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with the words “without fail” (cf. NIV “you must certainly put him to death”).

[13:9]  ² tn Heb “to put him to death,” but this is misleading in English for such an action would leave nothing for the others to do.

[14:25]  ³ tn Heb “bind the silver in your hand.”

[15:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “any evil blemish”; NASB “any (+ other NAB, TEV) serious defect.”

[17:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[17:1]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

[17:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “the hand of the witnesses.” This means the two or three witnesses are to throw the first stones (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).

[17:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”

[18:5]  ¹¹ tc Smr and some Greek texts add “before the Lord your God” to bring the language into line with a formula found elsewhere (Deut 10:8; 2 Chr 29:11). This reading is not likely to be original, however.

[18:5]  ¹² tn Heb “the name of the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[24:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “from his brothers, from the sons of Israel.” The terms “brothers” and “sons of Israel” are in apposition; the second defines the first more specifically.

[24:7]  ¹⁴ tn Or “and enslaves him.”

[24:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “that thief.”

[24:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “burn.” See note on the word “purge” in Deut 19:19.

[28:30]  ¹⁵ tc For MT reading שָׁגַל (shagal, “ravish; violate”), the Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate presume the less violent שָׁכַב (shakhav, “lie with”). The unexpected counterpart to betrothal here favors the originality of the MT.