Deuteronomy 8:2

8:2 Remember the whole way by which he ¹  has brought you these forty years through the desert ²  so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

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 13:3

13:3 You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, ¹⁰  for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him ¹¹  with all your mind and being. ¹² 

Deuteronomy 29:19

29:19 When such a person ¹³  hears the words of this oath he secretly ¹⁴  blesses himself ¹⁵  and says, “I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” ¹⁶  This will destroy ¹⁷  the watered ground with the parched. ¹⁸ 

Deuteronomy 30:6

30:6 The Lord your God will also cleanse ¹⁹  your heart and the hearts of your descendants ²⁰  so that you may love him ²¹  with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

Deuteronomy 30:10

30:10 if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him ²²  with your whole mind and being.

[8:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:2]  ² tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NRSV, NLT); likewise in v. 15.

[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.

[13:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “or dreamer of dreams.” See note on this expression in v. 1.

[13:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[13:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “all your heart and soul” (so NRSV, CEV, NLT); or “heart and being” (NCV “your whole being”). See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

[29:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the subject of the warning in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in his heart.”

[29:19]  ¹¹ tn Or “invokes a blessing on himself.” A formalized word of blessing is in view, the content of which appears later in the verse.

[29:19]  ¹² tn Heb “heart.”

[29:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “thus destroying.” For stylistic reasons the translation begins a new sentence here.

[29:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the watered with the parched.” The word “ground” is implied. The exact meaning of the phrase is uncertain although it appears to be figurative. This appears to be a proverbial observation employing a figure of speech (a merism) suggesting totality. That is, the Israelite who violates the letter and even spirit of the covenant will harm not only himself but everything he touches – “the watered and the parched.” Cf. CEV “you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.”

[30:6]  ¹¹ 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]  ¹² tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).

[30:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.

[30:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.