Exodus 32:21

32:21 Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?”

Deuteronomy 24:4

24:4 her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry ¹  her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. ²  You must not bring guilt on the land ³  which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 24:1

24:1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive ⁴  in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

Deuteronomy 14:16

14:16 the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl, ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 15:1

Release for Debt Slaves

15:1 At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation ⁶  of debts.

Deuteronomy 15:1

Release for Debt Slaves

15:1 At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation ⁷  of debts.

Deuteronomy 16:19

16:19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort ⁸  the words of the righteous. ⁹ 

Deuteronomy 21:22

Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains

21:22 If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse ¹⁰  on a tree,

Deuteronomy 21:2

21:2 your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse. ¹¹ 

Deuteronomy 3:3

3:3 So the Lord our God did indeed give over to us King Og of Bashan and his whole army and we struck them down until not a single survivor was left. ¹² 

Deuteronomy 21:11

21:11 if you should see among them ¹³  an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife,

Deuteronomy 21:2

21:2 your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse. ¹⁴ 

Deuteronomy 23:15

Purity in the Treatment of the Nonprivileged

23:15 You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you. ¹⁵ 

Deuteronomy 23:2

23:2 A person of illegitimate birth ¹⁶  may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so. ¹⁷ 

Deuteronomy 33:9

33:9 He said to his father and mother, “I have not seen him,” ¹⁸ 

and he did not acknowledge his own brothers

or know his own children,

for they kept your word,

and guarded your covenant.

[24:4]  ¹ tn Heb “to return to take her to be his wife.”

[24:4]  ² sn The issue here is not divorce and its grounds per se but prohibition of remarriage to a mate whom one has previously divorced.

[24:4]  ³ tn Heb “cause the land to sin” (so KJV, ASV).

[24:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “nakedness of a thing.” The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (’ervat davar) refers here to some gross sexual impropriety (see note on “indecent” in Deut 23:14). Though the term usually has to do only with indecent exposure of the genitals, it can also include such behavior as adultery (cf. Lev 18:6-18; 20:11, 17, 20-21; Ezek 22:10; 23:29; Hos 2:10).

[14:16]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term תִּנְשֶׁמֶת (tinshemet) may refer to a species of owl (cf. ASV “horned owl”; NASB, NIV, NLT “white owl”) or perhaps even to the swan (so KJV); cf. NRSV “water hen.”

[15:1]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term שְׁמִטָּת (shÿmittat), a derivative of the verb שָׁמַט (shamat, “to release; to relinquish”), refers to the cancellation of the debt and even pledges for the debt of a borrower by his creditor. This could be a full and final remission or, more likely, one for the seventh year only. See R. Wakely, NIDOTTE 4:155-60. Here the words “of debts” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. Cf. NAB “a relaxation of debts”; NASB, NRSV “a remission of debts.”

[15:1]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term שְׁמִטָּת (shÿmittat), a derivative of the verb שָׁמַט (shamat, “to release; to relinquish”), refers to the cancellation of the debt and even pledges for the debt of a borrower by his creditor. This could be a full and final remission or, more likely, one for the seventh year only. See R. Wakely, NIDOTTE 4:155-60. Here the words “of debts” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. Cf. NAB “a relaxation of debts”; NASB, NRSV “a remission of debts.”

[16:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”

[16:19]  ⁹ tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”

[21:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him.”

[21:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “surrounding the slain [one].”

[3:3]  ¹² tn Heb “was left to him.” The final phrase “to him” is redundant in English and has been left untranslated.

[21:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “the prisoners.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.

[21:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “surrounding the slain [one].”

[23:15]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew text includes “from his master,” but this would be redundant in English style.

[23:2]  ¹⁶ tn Or “a person born of an illegitimate marriage.”

[23:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “enter the assembly of the Lord.” The phrase “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[33:9]  ¹⁸ sn This statement no doubt alludes to the Levites’ destruction of their own fellow tribesmen following the golden calf incident (Exod 32:25-29).