Deuteronomy 2:34

2:34 At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them ¹  under divine judgment, ²  including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

Deuteronomy 2:37

2:37 However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, ³  the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the Lord our God.

Deuteronomy 6:24

6:24 The Lord commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him ⁴  so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day.

Deuteronomy 7:7

The Basis of Israel’s Election

7:7 It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you – for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.

Deuteronomy 18:5

18:5 For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand ⁵  and serve in his name ⁶  permanently.

Deuteronomy 21:21

21:21 Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out ⁷  wickedness from among you, and all Israel ⁸  will hear about it and be afraid.

Deuteronomy 26:16

Narrative Interlude

26:16 Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul. ⁹ 

Deuteronomy 28:33

28:33 As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.

Deuteronomy 28:61

28:61 Moreover, the Lord will bring upon you every kind of sickness and plague not mentioned in this scroll of commandments, ¹⁰  until you have perished.

Deuteronomy 29:10

29:10 You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God – the heads of your tribes, ¹¹  your elders, your officials, every Israelite man,

Deuteronomy 29:21

29:21 The Lord will single him out ¹²  for judgment ¹³  from all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant written in this scroll of the law.

Deuteronomy 30:6

30:6 The Lord your God will also cleanse ¹⁴  your heart and the hearts of your descendants ¹⁵  so that you may love him ¹⁶  with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

Deuteronomy 34:2

34:2 and all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the distant ¹⁷  sea,

[2:34]  ¹ tn Heb “every city of men.” This apparently identifies the cities as inhabited.

[2:34]  ² tn Heb “under the ban” (נַחֲרֵם, nakharem). The verb employed is חָרַם (kharam, usually in the Hiphil) and the associated noun is חֵרֶם (kherem). See J. Naudé, NIDOTTE, 2:276-77, and, for a more thorough discussion, Susan Niditch, War in the Hebrew Bible, 28-77.

[2:37]  ³ sn Wadi Jabbok. Now known as the Zerqa River, this is a major tributary of the Jordan that normally served as a boundary between Ammon and Gad (Deut 3:16).

[6:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord our God.” See note on the word “his” in v. 17.

[18:5]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “the name of the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[21:21]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term בִּעַרְתָּה (bi’artah), here and elsewhere in such contexts (cf. Deut 13:5; 17:7, 12; 19:19; 21:9), suggests God’s anger which consumes like fire (thus בָעַר, ba’ar, “to burn”). See H. Ringgren, TDOT 2:203-4.

[21:21]  ¹⁰ tc Some LXX traditions read הַנִּשְׁאָרִים (hannish’arim, “those who remain”) for the MT’s יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra’el, “Israel”), understandable in light of Deut 19:20. However, the more difficult reading found in the MT is more likely original.

[26:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “mind and being”; cf. NCV “with your whole being”; TEV “obey them faithfully with all your heart.”

[28:61]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew term תּוֹרָה (torah) can refer either (1) to the whole Pentateuch or, more likely, (2) to the book of Deuteronomy or even (3) only to this curse section of the covenant text. “Scroll” better reflects the actual document, since “book” conveys the notion of a bound book with pages to the modern English reader. Cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV “the book of this law”; NIV, NLT “this Book of the Law”; TEV “this book of God’s laws and teachings.”

[29:10]  ¹⁵ tc Heb “your heads, your tribes.” The Syriac presupposes either “heads of your tribes” or “your heads, your judges,” etc. (reading שֹׁפְטֵכֶם [shofÿtekhem] for שִׁבְטֵיכֶם [shivtekhem]). Its comparative difficulty favors the originality of the MT reading. Cf. KJV “your captains of your tribes”; NRSV “the leaders of your tribes”; NLT “your tribal leaders.”

[29:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “set him apart.”

[29:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “for evil”; NAB “for doom”; NASB “for adversity”; NIV “for disaster”; NRSV “for calamity.”

[30:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “circumcise” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “will give you and your descendents obedient hearts.” See note on the word “cleanse” in Deut 10:16.

[30:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).

[30:6]  ²¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.

[34:2]  ²¹ tn Or “western” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); Heb “latter,” a reference to the Mediterranean Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).