Deuteronomy 24:9

24:9 Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam ¹  along the way after you left Egypt.

Deuteronomy 27:5

27:5 Then you must build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones – do not use an iron tool on them.

Deuteronomy 29:27

29:27 That is why the Lord’s anger erupted against this land, bringing on it all the curses ²  written in this scroll.

Deuteronomy 33:26

General Praise and Blessing

33:26 There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, ³ 

who rides through the sky ⁴  to help you,

on the clouds in majesty.

[24:9]  ¹ sn What the Lord your God did to Miriam. The reference is to Miriam’s having contracted leprosy because of her intemperate challenge to Moses’ leadership (Num 12:1-15). The purpose for the allusion here appears to be the assertion of the theocratic leadership of the priests who, like Moses, should not be despised.

[29:27]  ² tn Heb “the entire curse.”

[33:26]  ³ sn Jeshurun is a term of affection referring to Israel, derived from the Hebrew verb יָשַׁר (yashar, “be upright”). See note on the term in Deut 32:15.

[33:26]  ⁴ tn Or “(who) rides (on) the heavens” (cf. NIV, NRSV, NLT). This title depicts Israel’s God as sovereign over the elements of the storm (cf. Ps 68:33). The use of the phrase here may be polemical; Moses may be asserting that Israel’s God, not Baal (called the “rider of the clouds” in the Ugaritic myths), is the true divine king (cf. v. 5) who controls the elements of the storm, grants agricultural prosperity, and delivers his people from their enemies. See R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “The Polemic against Baalism in Israel’s Early History and Literature,” BSac 151 (1994): 275.