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 2:36

2:36 From Aroer, ⁶  which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), ⁷  all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us – the Lord our God gave them all to us.

Deuteronomy 3:12

Distribution of the Transjordanian Allotments

3:12 This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer ⁸  by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites. ⁹ 

Deuteronomy 4:46

4:46 in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. (It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 6:18

6:18 Do whatever is proper ¹⁰  and good before the Lord so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he ¹¹  promised your ancestors,

Deuteronomy 11:10

11:10 For the land where you are headed ¹²  is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, a land where you planted seed and which you irrigated by hand ¹³  like a vegetable garden.

Deuteronomy 11:25

11:25 Nobody will be able to resist you; the Lord your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.

Deuteronomy 11:30

11:30 Are they not across the Jordan River, ¹⁴  toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal ¹⁵  near the oak ¹⁶  of Moreh?

Deuteronomy 24:15

24:15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 26:19

26:19 Then ¹⁷  he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. ¹⁸  You will ¹⁹  be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said.

Deuteronomy 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ²⁰  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ²¹  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:43

32:43 Cry out, O nations, with his people,

for he will avenge his servants’ blood;

he will take vengeance against his enemies,

and make atonement for his land and people.

Deuteronomy 32:49

32:49 “Go up to this Abarim ²²  hill country, to Mount Nebo (which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho ²³ ) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.

Deuteronomy 33:2

33:2 He said:

A Historical Review

The Lord came from Sinai

and revealed himself ²⁴  to Israel ²⁵  from Seir.

He appeared in splendor ²⁶  from Mount Paran,

and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. ²⁷ 

With his right hand he gave a fiery law ²⁸  to them.

Deuteronomy 33:9

33:9 He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” ²⁹ 

and he did not acknowledge his own brothers

or know his own children,

for they kept your word,

and guarded your covenant.

Deuteronomy 34:1

The Death of Moses

34:1 Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. ³⁰  The Lord showed him the whole land – Gilead to Dan,

[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.

[2:36]  ⁶ sn Aroer. Now known as àAraáir on the northern edge of the Arnon river, Aroer marked the southern limit of Moab and, later, of the allotment of the tribe of Reuben (Josh 13:9, 16).

[2:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “the city in the wadi.” This enigmatic reference may refer to Ar or, more likely, to Aroer itself. Epexegetically the text might read, “From Aroer…, that is, the city in the wadi.” See D. L. Christensen, Deuteronomy 1–11 (WBC), 49.

[3:12]  ¹¹ tn The words “the territory extending” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:12]  ¹² sn Reubenites and Gadites. By the time of Moses’ address the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had already been granted permission to settle in the Transjordan, provided they helped the other tribes subdue the occupants of Canaan (cf. Num 32:28-42).

[6:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “upright.”

[6:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on the word “his” in v. 17.

[11:10]  ²¹ tn Heb “you are going there to possess it”; NASB “into which you are about to cross to possess it”; NRSV “that you are crossing over to occupy.”

[11:10]  ²² tn Heb “with your foot” (so NASB, NLT). There is a two-fold significance to this phrase. First, Egypt had no rain so water supply depended on human efforts at irrigation. Second, the Nile was the source of irrigation waters but those waters sometimes had to be pumped into fields and gardens by foot-power, perhaps the kind of machinery (Arabic shaduf) still used by Egyptian farmers (see C. Aldred, The Egyptians, 181). Nevertheless, the translation uses “by hand,” since that expression is the more common English idiom for an activity performed by manual labor.

[11:30]  ²⁶ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[11:30]  ²⁷ sn Gilgal. From a Hebrew verb root גָלַל (galal, “to roll”) this place name means “circle” or “rolling,” a name given because God had “rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you” (Josh 5:9). It is perhaps to be identified with Khirbet el-Metjir, 1.2 mi (2 km) northeast of OT Jericho.

[11:30]  ²⁸ tc The MT plural “oaks” (אֵלוֹנֵי, ’eloney) should probably be altered (with many Greek texts) to the singular “oak” (אֵלוֹן, ’elon; cf. NRSV) in line with the only other occurrence of the phrase (Gen 12:6). The Syriac, Tg. Ps.-J. read mmrá, confusing this place with the “oaks of Mamre” near Hebron (Gen 13:18). Smr also appears to confuse “Moreh” with “Mamre” (reading mwr’, a combined form), adding the clarification mwl shkm (“near Shechem”) apparently to distinguish it from Mamre near Hebron.

[26:19]  ³¹ tn Heb “so that.” Verses 18-19 are one sentence in the Hebrew text, but the translation divides it into three sentences for stylistic reasons. The first clause in verse 19 gives a result of the preceding clause. When Israel keeps God’s law, God will bless them with fame and honor (cf. NAB “he will then raise you high in praise and renown and glory”; NLT “And if you do, he will make you greater than any other nation”).

[26:19]  ³² tn Heb “for praise and for a name and for glory.”

[26:19]  ³³ tn Heb “and to be.” A new sentence was started here for stylistic reasons.

[28:1]  ³⁶ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

[28:1]  ³⁷ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

[32:49]  ⁴¹ sn Abarim. This refers to the high plateau region of the Transjordan, the highest elevation of which is Mount Pisgah (or Nebo; cf. Deut 34:1). See also the note on the name “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.

[32:49]  ⁴² map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[33:2]  ⁴⁶ tn Or “rose like the sun” (NCV, TEV).

[33:2]  ⁴⁷ tc Heb “to him.” The LXX reads “to us” (לָנוּ [lanu] for לָמוֹ [lamo]), the reading of the MT is acceptable since it no doubt has in mind Israel as a collective singular.

[33:2]  ⁴⁸ tn Or “he shone forth” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[33:2]  ⁴⁹ tc With slight alteration (מִמְרִבַת קָדֵשׁ [mimrivat qadesh] for the MT’s מֵרִבְבֹת קֹדֶשׁ [merivvot qodesh]) the translation would be “from Meribah Kadesh” (cf. NAB, NLT; see Deut 32:51). However, the language of holy war in the immediate context favors the reading of the MT, which views the Lord as accompanied by angelic hosts.

[33:2]  ⁵⁰ tc The mispointed Hebrew term אֵשְׁדָּת (’eshdat) should perhaps be construed as אֵשְׁהַת (’eshhat) with Smr.

[33:9]  ⁵¹ sn This statement no doubt alludes to the Levites’ destruction of their own fellow tribesmen following the golden calf incident (Exod 32:25-29).

[34:1]  ⁵⁶ sn For the geography involved, see note on the term “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.