Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 31:30
Context31:30 Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.
Deuteronomy 15:17
Context15:17 you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. 1 Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well).
Deuteronomy 29:4
Context29:4 But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears! 2
Deuteronomy 31:28
Context31:28 Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.
Deuteronomy 32:44
Context32:44 Then Moses went with Joshua 3 son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.
Deuteronomy 5:1
Context5:1 Then Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: 4 “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances that I am about to deliver to you today; learn them and be careful to keep them!
Deuteronomy 31:11
Context31:11 when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them 5 within their hearing.
[15:17] 1 sn When the bondslave’s ear was drilled through to the door, the door in question was that of the master’s house. In effect, the bondslave is declaring his undying and lifelong loyalty to his creditor. The scar (or even hole) in the earlobe would testify to the community that the slave had surrendered independence and personal rights. This may be what Paul had in mind when he said “I bear on my body the marks of Jesus” (Gal 6:17).
[29:4] 1 tn Heb “a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear” (NASB similar); NAB, NRSV “a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.”
[32:44] 1 tn Heb “Hoshea” (so KJV, ASV), another name for the same individual (cf. Num 13:8, 16).
[5:1] 1 tn Heb “and Moses called to all Israel and he said to them”; NAB, NASB, NIV “Moses summoned (convened NRSV) all Israel.”
