Deuteronomy 2:7

2:7 All along the way I, the Lord your God, ¹  have blessed your every effort. ²  I have ³  been attentive to ⁴  your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have ⁵  been with you; you have lacked for nothing.’”

Deuteronomy 10:8

10:8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi ⁶  to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings ⁷  in his name, as they do to this very day.

Deuteronomy 14:24

14:24 When he ⁸  blesses you, if the ⁹  place where he chooses to locate his name is distant,

Deuteronomy 14:29

14:29 Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.

Deuteronomy 15:6

15:6 For the Lord your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.

Deuteronomy 15:10

15:10 You must by all means lend ¹⁰  to him and not be upset by doing it, ¹¹  for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

Deuteronomy 15:18

15:18 You should not consider it difficult to let him go free, for he will have served you for six years, twice ¹²  the time of a hired worker; the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 16:15

16:15 You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the Lord your God in the place he ¹³  chooses, for he ¹⁴  will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; ¹⁵  so you will indeed rejoice!

Deuteronomy 21:5

21:5 Then the Levitical priests ¹⁶  will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, ¹⁷  and to decide ¹⁸  every judicial verdict ¹⁹ )

Deuteronomy 23:20

23:20 You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.

Deuteronomy 24:19

24:19 Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, ²⁰  you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do. ²¹ 

Deuteronomy 26:15

26:15 Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised our ancestors – a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Deuteronomy 28:12

28:12 The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; ²²  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

Deuteronomy 29:19

29:19 When such a person ²³  hears the words of this oath he secretly ²⁴  blesses himself ²⁵  and says, “I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” ²⁶  This will destroy ²⁷  the watered ground with the parched. ²⁸ 

Deuteronomy 30:16

30:16 What ²⁹  I am commanding you today is to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess. ³⁰ 

[2:7]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text does not have the first person pronoun; it has been supplied for purposes of English style (the Lord is speaking here).

[2:7]  ² tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

[2:7]  ³ tn Heb “he has.” This has been converted to first person in the translation in keeping with English style.

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “known” (so ASV, NASB); NAB “been concerned about.”

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God has.” This has been replaced in the translation by the first person pronoun (“I”) in keeping with English style.

[10:8]  ⁶ sn The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi. This was not the initial commissioning of the tribe of Levi to this ministry (cf. Num 3:11-13; 8:12-26), but with Aaron’s death it seemed appropriate to Moses to reiterate Levi’s responsibilities. There is no reference in the Book of Numbers to this having been done, but the account of Eleazar’s succession to the priesthood there (Num 20:25-28) would provide a setting for this to have occurred.

[10:8]  ⁷ sn To formulate blessings. The most famous example of this is the priestly “blessing formula” of Num 6:24-26.

[14:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “He” in 14:2.

[14:24]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text includes “way is so far from you that you are unable to carry it because the.” These words have not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons, because they are redundant.

[15:10]  ¹⁶ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “by all means.”

[15:10]  ¹⁷ tc Heb “your heart must not be grieved in giving to him.” The LXX and Orig add, “you shall surely lend to him sufficient for his need,” a suggestion based on the same basic idea in v. 8. Such slavish adherence to stock phrases is without warrant in most cases, and certainly here.

[15:18]  ²¹ tn The Hebrew term מִשְׁנֶה (mishneh, “twice”) could mean “equivalent to” (cf. NRSV) or, more likely, “double” (cf. NAB, NIV, NLT). The idea is that a hired worker would put in only so many hours per day whereas a bondslave was available around the clock.

[16:15]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:15]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:15]  ²⁸ tn Heb “in all the work of your hands” (so NASB, NIV); NAB, NRSV “in all your undertakings.”

[21:5]  ³¹ tn Heb “the priests, the sons of Levi.”

[21:5]  ³² tn Heb “in the name of the Lord.” See note on Deut 10:8. The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[21:5]  ³³ tn Heb “by their mouth.”

[21:5]  ³⁴ tn Heb “every controversy and every blow.”

[24:19]  ³⁶ tn Heb “in the field.”

[24:19]  ³⁷ tn Heb “of your hands.” This law was later applied in the story of Ruth who, as a poor widow, was allowed by generous Boaz to glean in his fields (Ruth 2:1-13).

[28:12]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

[29:19]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the subject of the warning in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:19]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “in his heart.”

[29:19]  ⁴⁸ tn Or “invokes a blessing on himself.” A formalized word of blessing is in view, the content of which appears later in the verse.

[29:19]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “heart.”

[29:19]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “thus destroying.” For stylistic reasons the translation begins a new sentence here.

[29:19]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “the watered with the parched.” The word “ground” is implied. The exact meaning of the phrase is uncertain although it appears to be figurative. This appears to be a proverbial observation employing a figure of speech (a merism) suggesting totality. That is, the Israelite who violates the letter and even spirit of the covenant will harm not only himself but everything he touches – “the watered and the parched.” Cf. CEV “you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.”

[30:16]  ⁵¹ tc A number of LXX mss insert before this verse, “if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God,” thus translating אֲשֶׁר (’asher) as “which” and the rest as “I am commanding you today, to love,” etc., “then you will live,” etc.

[30:16]  ⁵² tn Heb “which you are going there to possess it.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.