Deuteronomy 4:5

4:5 Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in ¹  the land you are about to enter and possess.

Deuteronomy 4:8

4:8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just ²  as this whole law ³  that I am about to share with ⁴  you today?

Deuteronomy 4:14

4:14 Moreover, at that same time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess. ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 6:1

Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles

6:1 Now these are the commandments, ⁶  statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 6:20

Exhortation to Remember the Past

6:20 When your children ⁸  ask you later on, “What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?”

Deuteronomy 8:11

Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God

8:11 Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today.

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

Provision for Justice

16:18 You must appoint judges and civil servants ⁹  for each tribe in all your villages ¹⁰  that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly. ¹¹  16:19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort ¹²  the words of the righteous. ¹³ 

Deuteronomy 17:9

17:9 You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

Deuteronomy 18:3

18:3 This shall be the priests’ fair allotment ¹⁴  from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep – they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

Deuteronomy 25:1

25:1 If controversy arises between people, ¹⁵  they should go to court for judgment. When the judges ¹⁶  hear the case, they shall exonerate ¹⁷  the innocent but condemn ¹⁸  the guilty.

Deuteronomy 26:16-17

Narrative Interlude

26:16 Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul. ¹⁹  26:17 Today you have declared the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.

Deuteronomy 32:4

32:4 As for the Rock, ²⁰  his work is perfect,

for all his ways are just.

He is a reliable God who is never unjust,

he is fair ²¹  and upright.

Deuteronomy 33:21

33:21 He has selected the best part for himself,

for the portion of the ruler ²²  is set aside ²³  there;

he came with the leaders ²⁴  of the people,

he obeyed the righteous laws of the Lord

and his ordinances with Israel.

[4:5]  ¹ tn Heb “in the midst of” (so ASV).

[4:8]  ² tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”

[4:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew phrase הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת (hattorah hazzo’t), in this context, refers specifically to the Book of Deuteronomy. That is, it is the collection of all the חֻקִּים (khuqqim, “statutes,” 4:1) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, “ordinances,” 4:1) to be included in the covenant text. In a full canonical sense, of course, it pertains to the entire Pentateuch or Torah.

[4:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “place before.”

[4:14]  ³ tn Heb “to which you are crossing over to possess it.”

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “commandment.” The word מִצְוָה (mitsvah) again is in the singular, serving as a comprehensive term for the whole stipulation section of the book. See note on the word “commandments” in 5:31.

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “where you are going over to possess it” (so NASB); NRSV “that you are about to cross into and occupy.”

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “your son.”

[16:18]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term וְשֹׁטְרִים (vÿshoterim), usually translated “officers” (KJV, NCV) or “officials” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT), derives from the verb שֹׁטֵר (shoter, “to write”). The noun became generic for all types of public officials. Here, however, it may be appositionally epexegetical to “judges,” thus resulting in the phrase, “judges, that is, civil officers,” etc. Whoever the שֹׁטְרִים are, their task here consists of rendering judgments and administering justice.

[16:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “gates.”

[16:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “with judgment of righteousness”; ASV, NASB “with righteous judgment.”

[16:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”

[16:19]  ⁸ tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”

[18:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “judgment”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “the priest’s due.”

[25:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “men.”

[25:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the judges) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “declare to be just”; KJV, NASB “justify the righteous”; NAB, NIV “acquitting the innocent.”

[25:1]  ¹² tn Heb “declare to be evil”; NIV “condemning the guilty (+ party NAB).”

[26:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or “mind and being”; cf. NCV “with your whole being”; TEV “obey them faithfully with all your heart.”

[32:4]  ¹¹ tc The LXX reads Θεός (qeos, “God”) for the MT’s “Rock.”

[32:4]  ¹² tn Or “just” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “righteous” (NASB).

[33:21]  ¹² tn The Hebrew term מְחֹקֵק (mÿkhoqeq; Poel participle of חָקַק, khaqaq, “to inscribe”) reflects the idea that the recorder of allotments (the “ruler”) is able to set aside for himself the largest and best. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 444-45.

[33:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “covered in” (if from the root סָפַן, safan; cf. HALOT 764-65 s.v. ספן qal).

[33:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “heads” (in the sense of chieftains).