Deuteronomy 23:9

Purity in Personal Hygiene

23:9 When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure. ¹ 

Deuteronomy 15:21

15:21 If they have any kind of blemish – lameness, blindness, or anything else ²  – you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 17:1

17:1 You must not sacrifice to him ³  a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive ⁴  to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 28:35

28:35 The Lord will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils – from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

Deuteronomy 22:14

22:14 accusing her of impropriety ⁵  and defaming her reputation ⁶  by saying, “I married this woman but when I had sexual relations ⁷  with her I discovered she was not a virgin!”

Deuteronomy 22:19

22:19 They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation ⁸  ruined the reputation ⁹  of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

Deuteronomy 28:20

Curses by Disease and Drought

28:20 “The Lord will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you ¹⁰  in everything you undertake ¹¹  until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me. ¹² 

[23:9]  ¹ tn Heb “evil.” The context makes clear that this is a matter of ritual impurity, not moral impurity, so it is “evil” in the sense that it disbars one from certain religious activity.

[15:21]  ² tn Heb “any evil blemish”; NASB “any (+ other NAB, TEV) serious defect.”

[17:1]  ³ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[17:1]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, “an abomination”; cf. NAB) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

[22:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “deeds of things”; NRSV “makes up charges against her”; NIV “slanders her.”

[22:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “brings against her a bad name”; NIV “gives her a bad name.”

[22:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.

[22:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “for he”; the referent (the man who made the accusation) has been specified in the translation to avoid confusion with the young woman’s father, the last-mentioned male.

[22:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “brought forth a bad name.”

[28:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke” (NASB and NIV similar); NRSV “disaster, panic, and frustration.”

[28:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “in all the stretching out of your hand.”

[28:20]  ⁸ tc For the MT first person common singular suffix (“me”), the LXX reads either “Lord” (Lucian) or third person masculine singular suffix (“him”; various codices). The MT’s more difficult reading probably represents the original text.