Deuteronomy 26:14

26:14 I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; ¹  I have obeyed you ²  and have done everything you have commanded me.

Deuteronomy 9:14

9:14 Stand aside ³  and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, ⁴  and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”

Deuteronomy 12:32

Idolatry and False Prophets

12:32 (13:1) ⁵  You ⁶  must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it! ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 22:3

22:3 You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor ⁸  has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved. ⁹ 

Deuteronomy 22:8

22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail ¹⁰  around your roof to avoid being culpable ¹¹  in the event someone should fall from it.

Deuteronomy 28:31

28:31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.

Deuteronomy 1:28

1:28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage ¹²  by describing people who are more numerous ¹³  and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven ¹⁴  itself! Moreover, they said they saw ¹⁵  Anakites ¹⁶  there.”

Deuteronomy 2:36

2:36 From Aroer, ¹⁷  which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), ¹⁸  all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us – the Lord our God gave them all to us.

Deuteronomy 4:2

4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to ¹⁹  you.

Deuteronomy 18:22

18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my ²⁰  name and the prediction ²¹  is not fulfilled, ²²  then I have ²³  not spoken it; ²⁴  the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”

Deuteronomy 20:19

20:19 If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, ²⁵  you must not chop down its trees, ²⁶  for you may eat fruit ²⁷  from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it! ²⁸ 

[26:14]  ¹ sn These practices suggest overtones of pagan ritual, all of which the confessor denies having undertaken. In Canaan they were connected with fertility practices associated with harvest time. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 335-36.

[26:14]  ² tn Heb “the Lord my God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

[9:14]  ³ tn Heb “leave me alone.”

[9:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “from under heaven.”

[12:32]  ⁵ sn Beginning with 12:32, the verse numbers through 13:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 12:32 ET = 13:1 HT, 13:1 ET = 13:2 HT, 13:2 ET = 13:3 HT, etc., through 13:18 ET = 13:19 HT. With 14:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[12:32]  ⁶ tn This verse highlights a phenomenon found throughout Deuteronomy, but most especially in chap. 12, namely, the alternation of grammatical singular and plural forms of the pronoun (known as Numeruswechsel in German scholarship). Critical scholarship in general resolves the “problem” by suggesting varying literary traditions – one favorable to the singular pronoun and the other to the plural – which appear in the (obviously rough) redacted text at hand. Even the ancient versions were troubled by the lack of harmony of grammatical number and in this verse, for example, offered a number of alternate readings. The MT reads “Everything I am commanding you (plural) you (plural) must be careful to do; you (singular) must not add to it nor should you (singular) subtract form it.” Smr, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate suggest singular for the first two pronouns but a few Smr mss propose plural for the last two. What both ancient and modern scholars tend to overlook, however, is the covenantal theological tone of the Book of Deuteronomy, one that views Israel as a collective body (singular) made up of many individuals (plural). See M. Weinfeld, Deuteronomy 1–11 (AB), 15-16; J. A. Thompson, Deuteronomy (TOTC), 21-23.

[12:32]  ⁷ sn Do not add to it or subtract from it. This prohibition makes at least two profound theological points: (1) This work by Moses is of divine origination (i.e., it is inspired) and therefore can tolerate no human alteration; and (2) the work is complete as it stands (i.e., it is canonical).

[22:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “your brother” (also in v. 4).

[22:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “you must not hide yourself.”

[22:8]  ⁹ tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”

[22:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”

[1:28]  ¹¹ tn Heb “have caused our hearts to melt.”

[1:28]  ¹² tn Heb “greater.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “stronger,” NAB, NIV, NRSV; “bigger,” NASB).

[1:28]  ¹³ tn Or “as the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[1:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “we have seen.”

[1:28]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the sons of the Anakim.”

[2:36]  ¹³ 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]  ¹⁴ 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.

[4:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “commanding.”

[18:22]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the Lord’s.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

[18:22]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. NAB “his oracle.”

[18:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”

[18:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “the Lord has.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

[18:22]  ²¹ tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”

[20:19]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “to fight against it to capture it.”

[20:19]  ²⁰ tn Heb “you must not destroy its trees by chopping them with an iron” (i.e., an ax).

[20:19]  ²¹ tn Heb “you may eat from them.” The direct object is not expressed; the word “fruit” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[20:19]  ²² tn Heb “to go before you in siege.”