Deuteronomy 5:8

5:8 You must not make for yourself an image ¹  of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath. ² 

Deuteronomy 10:12

An Exhortation to Love Both God and People

10:12 Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, ³  to obey all his commandments, ⁴  to love him, to serve him ⁵  with all your mind and being, ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 11:13

11:13 Now, if you pay close attention ⁷  to my commandments that I am giving you today and love ⁸  the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being, ⁹ 

Deuteronomy 23:18

23:18 You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute ¹⁰  or the wage of a male prostitute ¹¹  into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 32:21

32:21 They have made me jealous ¹²  with false gods, ¹³ 

enraging me with their worthless gods; ¹⁴ 

so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, ¹⁵ 

with a nation slow to learn ¹⁶  I will enrage them.

[5:8]  ¹ tn Heb “an image, any likeness.”

[5:8]  ² tn Heb “under the earth” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “below the land.”

[10:12]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

[10:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “to walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “follow his ways exactly”; NLT “to live according to his will.”

[10:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

[10:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being”; NCV “with your whole being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

[11:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “if hearing, you will hear.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute to emphasize the verbal idea. The translation renders this emphasis with the word “close.”

[11:13]  ⁶ tn Again, the Hebrew term אָהַב (’ahav) draws attention to the reciprocation of divine love as a condition or sign of covenant loyalty (cf. Deut 6:5).

[11:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

[23:18]  ⁷ tn Here the Hebrew term זוֹנָה (zonah) refers to a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) female prostitute; see note on the phrase “sacred prostitute” in v. 17.

[23:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “of a dog.” This is the common Hebrew term for a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) male prostitute. See note on the phrase “sacred male prostitute” in v. 17.

[32:21]  ⁹ sn They have made me jealous. The “jealousy” of God is not a spirit of pettiness prompted by his insecurity, but righteous indignation caused by the disloyalty of his people to his covenant grace (see note on the word “God” in Deut 4:24). The jealousy of Israel, however (see next line), will be envy because of God’s lavish attention to another nation. This is an ironic wordplay. See H. Peels, NIDOTTE 3:938-39.

[32:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “what is not a god,” or a “nondeity.”

[32:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “their empty (things).” The Hebrew term used here to refer pejoratively to the false gods is הֶבֶל (hevel, “futile” or “futility”), used frequently in Ecclesiastes (e.g., Eccl 1:1, “Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”).

[32:21]  ¹² tn Heb “what is not a people,” or a “nonpeople.” The “nonpeople” (לֹא־עָם, lo’-’am) referred to here are Gentiles who someday would become God’s people in the fullest sense (cf. Hos 1:9; 2:23).

[32:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “a foolish nation” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV); NIV “a nation that has no understanding”; NLT “I will provoke their fury by blessing the foolish Gentiles.”