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 8:7

8:7 For the Lord your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, ³  springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills,

Deuteronomy 11:11

11:11 Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy ⁴  is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains, ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 33:8

Blessing on Levi

33:8 Of Levi he said:

Your Thummim and Urim ⁶  belong to your godly one, ⁷ 

whose authority you challenged at Massah, ⁸ 

and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah. ⁹ 

[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.”

[8:7]  ³ tn Or “wadis.”

[11:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”

[11:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “rain of heaven.”

[33:8]  ⁷ sn Thummim and Urim. These terms, whose meaning is uncertain, refer to sacred stones carried in a pouch on the breastplate of the high priest and examined on occasion as a means of ascertaining God’s will or direction. See Exod 28:30; Lev 8:8; Num 27:21; 1 Sam 28:6. See also C. Van Dam, NIDOTTE 1:329-31.

[33:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “godly man.” The reference is probably to Moses as representative of the whole tribe of Levi.

[33:8]  ⁹ sn Massah means “testing” in Hebrew; the name is a wordplay on what took place there. Cf. Exod 17:7; Deut 6:16; 9:22; Ps 95:8-9.

[33:8]  ¹⁰ sn Meribah means “contention, argument” in Hebrew; this is another wordplay on the incident that took place there. Cf. Num 20:13, 24; Ps 106:32.