Deuteronomy 2:25

2:25 This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth ¹  with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.” ² 

Deuteronomy 4:11

4:11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it ³  and yet dark with a thick cloud. ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 4:36

4:36 From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words. ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 4:39

4:39 Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below – there is no other!

Deuteronomy 5:8

5:8 You must not make for yourself an image ⁶  of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath. ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 7:24

7:24 He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory. ⁸  Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them.

Deuteronomy 9:1

Theological Justification of the Conquest

9:1 Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications. ⁹ 

Deuteronomy 9:14

9:14 Stand aside ¹⁰  and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, ¹¹  and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”

Deuteronomy 11:11

11:11 Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy ¹²  is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains, ¹³ 

Deuteronomy 11:21

11:21 so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the Lord promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself. ¹⁴ 

Deuteronomy 17:3

17:3 by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun, ¹⁵  moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship. ¹⁶ 

Deuteronomy 28:24

28:24 The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 28:62

28:62 There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, ¹⁷  because you will have disobeyed ¹⁸  the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 31:28

31:28 Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

Deuteronomy 33:28

33:28 Israel lives in safety,

the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, ¹⁹ 

in a land of grain and new wine;

indeed, its heavens ²⁰  rain down dew. ²¹ 

[2:25]  ¹ tn Heb “under heaven” (so NIV, NRSV).

[2:25]  ² tn Heb “from before you.”

[4:11]  ³ tn Heb “a mountain burning with fire as far as the heart of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[4:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “darkness, cloud, and heavy cloud.”

[4:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “and his words you heard from the midst of the fire.”

[5:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “an image, any likeness.”

[5:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “under the earth” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “below the land.”

[7:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “you will destroy their name from under heaven” (cf. KJV); NRSV “blot out their name from under heaven.”

[9:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fortified to the heavens” (so NRSV); NLT “cities with walls that reach to the sky.” This is hyperbole.

[9:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “leave me alone.”

[9:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “from under heaven.”

[11:11]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”

[11:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “rain of heaven.”

[11:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “like the days of the heavens upon the earth,” that is, forever.

[17:3]  ¹⁹ tc The MT reads “and to the sun,” thus including the sun, the moon, and other heavenly spheres among the gods. However, Theodotion and Lucian read “or to the sun,” suggesting perhaps that the sun and the other heavenly bodies are not in the category of actual deities.

[17:3]  ²⁰ tn Heb “which I have not commanded you.” The words “to worship” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[28:62]  ²¹ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[28:62]  ²² tn Heb “have not listened to the voice of.”

[33:28]  ²³ tn Heb “all alone.” The idea is that such vital resources as water will some day no longer need protection because God will provide security.

[33:28]  ²⁴ tn Or “skies.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[33:28]  ²⁵ tn Or perhaps “drizzle, showers.” See note at Deut 32:2.