Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 8:18
Context8:18 You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, 1 even as he has to this day.
Deuteronomy 12:27
Context12:27 You must offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; the blood of your other sacrifices 2 you must pour out on his 3 altar while you eat the meat.
Deuteronomy 13:2
Context13:2 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 16:8
Context16:8 You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the Lord your God; you must not do any work on that day. 4
Deuteronomy 30:6
Context30:6 The Lord your God will also cleanse 5 your heart and the hearts of your descendants 6 so that you may love him 7 with all your mind and being and so that you may live.
[8:18] 1 tc Smr and Lucian add “Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” the standard way of rendering this almost stereotypical formula (cf. Deut 1:8; 6:10; 9:5, 27; 29:13; 30:20; 34:4). The MT’s harder reading presumptively argues for its originality, however.
[12:27] 2 sn These other sacrifices would be so-called peace or fellowship offerings whose ritual required a different use of the blood from that of burnt (sin and trespass) offerings (cf. Lev 3; 7:11-14, 19-21).
[12:27] 3 tn Heb “on the altar of the
[16:8] 3 tn The words “on that day” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for clarification (cf. TEV, NLT).
[30:6] 4 tn Heb “circumcise” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “will give you and your descendents obedient hearts.” See note on the word “cleanse” in Deut 10:16.
[30:6] 5 tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).
[30:6] 6 tn Heb “the
