Deuteronomy 4:7

4:7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?

Deuteronomy 4:28

4:28 There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

Deuteronomy 5:26

5:26 Who is there from the entire human race ¹  who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived?

Deuteronomy 7:4

7:4 for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.

Deuteronomy 13:2

13:2 and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”

Deuteronomy 13:13

13:13 some evil people ²  have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, ³  saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before). ⁴ 

Deuteronomy 17:3

17:3 by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun, ⁵  moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship. ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 25:18

25:18 how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God. ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 28:14

28:14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving ⁸  you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship ⁹  them.

Deuteronomy 31:18

31:18 But I will certainly ¹⁰  hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they ¹¹  will have done by turning to other gods.

Deuteronomy 32:17

32:17 They sacrificed to demons, not God,

to gods they had not known;

to new gods who had recently come along,

gods your ancestors ¹²  had not known about.

Deuteronomy 32:39

The Vindication of the Lord

32:39 “See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, ¹³ 

“and there is no other god besides me.

I kill and give life,

I smash and I heal,

and none can resist ¹⁴  my power.

[5:26]  ¹ tn Heb “who is there of all flesh.”

[13:13]  ¹ tn Heb “men, sons of Belial.” The Hebrew term בְּלִיַּעַל (bÿliyya’al) has the idea of worthlessness, without morals or scruples (HALOT 133-34 s.v.). Cf. NAB, NRSV “scoundrels”; TEV, CEV “worthless people”; NLT “worthless rabble.”

[13:13]  ² tc The LXX and Tg read “your” for the MT’s “their.”

[13:13]  ³ tn The translation understands the relative clause as a statement by Moses, not as part of the quotation from the evildoers. See also v. 2.

[17:3]  ¹ tc The MT reads “and to the sun,” thus including the sun, the moon, and other heavenly spheres among the gods. However, Theodotion and Lucian read “or to the sun,” suggesting perhaps that the sun and the other heavenly bodies are not in the category of actual deities.

[17:3]  ² tn Heb “which I have not commanded you.” The words “to worship” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[25:18]  ¹ sn See Exod 17:8-16.

[28:14]  ¹ tn Heb “from all the words which I am commanding.”

[28:14]  ² tn Heb “in order to serve.”

[31:18]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “certainly.”

[31:18]  ² tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[32:17]  ¹ tn Heb “your fathers.”

[32:39]  ¹ tn Verses 39-42 appear to be a quotation of the Lord and so the introductory phrase “says the Lord” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

[32:39]  ² tn Heb “deliver from” (so NRSV, NLT).