Deuteronomy 32:23

32:23 I will increase their ¹  disasters,

I will use up my arrows on them.

Deuteronomy 4:24

4:24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God. ² 

Deuteronomy 9:3

9:3 Understand today that the Lord your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he ³  has told you.

Deuteronomy 12:20

The Sanctity of Blood

12:20 When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, “I want to eat meat just as I please,” ⁴  you may do so as you wish. ⁵ 

[32:23]  ¹ tn Heb “upon them.”

[4:24]  ² tn The juxtaposition of the Hebrew terms אֵשׁ (’esh, “fire”) and קַנָּא (qanna’, “jealous”) is interesting in light of Deut 6:15 where the Lord is seen as a jealous God whose anger bursts into a destructive fire. For God to be “jealous” means that his holiness and uniqueness cannot tolerate pretended or imaginary rivals. It is not petty envy but response to an act of insubordination that must be severely judged (see H. Peels, NIDOTTE 3:937-40).

[9:3]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style to avoid redundancy.

[12:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “for my soul desires to eat meat.”

[12:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to all the desire of your soul you may eat meat.”