Deuteronomy 16:9

The Festival of Weeks

16:9 You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them ¹  from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.

Deuteronomy 2:31

2:31 The Lord said to me, “Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession.”

Deuteronomy 20:6

20:6 Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.

Deuteronomy 2:25

2:25 This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth ²  with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.” ³ 

Deuteronomy 28:30

28:30 You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape ⁴  her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

Deuteronomy 2:24

2:24 Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, ⁵  and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!

Deuteronomy 3:24

3:24 “O, Lord God, ⁶  you have begun to show me ⁷  your greatness and strength. ⁸  (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?)

[16:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the seven weeks.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.

[2:25]  ² tn Heb “under heaven” (so NIV, NRSV).

[2:25]  ³ tn Heb “from before you.”

[28:30]  ³ 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.

[2:24]  ⁴ sn Heshbon is the name of a prominent site (now Tell Hesba„n, about 7.5 mi [12 km] south southwest of Amman, Jordan). Sihon made it his capital after having driven Moab from the area and forced them south to the Arnon (Num 21:26-30). Heshbon is also mentioned in Deut 1:4.

[3:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “Lord Lord.” The phrase אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה (’adonay yÿhvih) is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God.” Cf. NIV, TEV, NLT “Sovereign Lord.”

[3:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “your servant.” The pronoun is used in the translation to clarify that Moses is speaking of himself, since in contemporary English one does not usually refer to oneself in third person.

[3:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “your strong hand” (so NIV), a symbol of God’s activity.