Leviticus 26:40-45

26:40 However, when ¹  they confess their iniquity and their ancestors’ iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, ²  by which they also walked ³  in hostility against me ⁴  26:41 (and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and ⁵  then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for ⁶  their iniquity, 26:42 I will remember my covenant with Jacob and also my covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham, ⁷  and I will remember the land. 26:43 The land will be abandoned by them ⁸  in order that it may make up for ⁹  its Sabbaths while it is made desolate ¹⁰  without them, ¹¹  and they will make up for their iniquity because ¹²  they have rejected my regulations and have abhorred ¹³  my statutes. 26:44 In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God. 26:45 I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors ¹⁴  whom I brought out from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the Lord.’”

Deuteronomy 4:29-31

4:29 But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul. ¹⁵  4:30 In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, ¹⁶  if you return to the Lord your God and obey him ¹⁷  4:31 (for he ¹⁸  is a merciful God), he will not let you down ¹⁹  or destroy you, for he cannot ²⁰  forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.

Deuteronomy 30:1-2

The Results of Covenant Reaffirmation

30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses ²¹  I have set before you, you will reflect upon them ²²  in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you. 30:2 Then if you and your descendants ²³  turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being ²⁴  just as ²⁵  I am commanding you today,

Deuteronomy 30:2

30:2 Then if you and your descendants ²⁶  turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being ²⁷  just as ²⁸  I am commanding you today,

Deuteronomy 6:1

Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles

6:1 Now these are the commandments, ²⁹  statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed ³⁰ 

Deuteronomy 33:12-13

Blessing on Benjamin

33:12 Of Benjamin he said:

The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him;

he protects him all the time,

and the Lord ³¹  places him on his chest. ³² 

Blessing on Joseph

33:13 Of Joseph he said:

May the Lord bless his land

with the harvest produced by the sky, ³³  by the dew,

and by the depths crouching beneath;

Ezekiel 16:61

16:61 Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

Ezekiel 16:63

16:63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent ³⁴  when I make atonement for all you have done, ³⁵  declares the sovereign Lord.’”

Ezekiel 18:28

18:28 Because he considered ³⁶  and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.

Haggai 1:7

The Instruction of the People

1:7 “Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘Pay close attention to these things also. ³⁷ 

Luke 15:17

15:17 But when he came to his senses ³⁸  he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have food ³⁹  enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!

[26:40]  ¹ tn Heb “And.” Many English versions take this to be a conditional clause (“if…”) though there is no conditional particle (see, e.g., NASB, NIV, NRSV; but see the very different rendering in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 190). The temporal translation offered here (“when”) takes into account the particle אָז (’az, “then”), which occurs twice in v. 41. The obvious contextual contrast between vv. 39 and 40 is expressed by “however” in the translation.

[26:40]  ² tn Heb “in their trespassing which they trespassed in me.” See the note on Lev 5:15, although the term is used in a more technical sense there in relation to the “guilt offering.”

[26:40]  ³ tn Heb “and also which they walked.”

[26:40]  ⁴ tn Heb “with me.”

[26:41]  ⁵ tn Heb “or then,” although the LXX has “then” and the Syriac “and then.”

[26:41]  ⁶ tn Heb “and then they make up for.” On the verb “make up for” see the note on v. 34 above.

[26:42]  ⁷ tn Heb “my covenant with Abraham I will remember.” The phrase “I will remember” has not been repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[26:43]  ⁸ tn Heb “from them.” The preposition “from” refers here to the agent of the action (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 455).

[26:43]  ⁹ tn The jussive form of the verb with the simple vav (ו) here calls for a translation that expresses purpose.

[26:43]  ¹⁰ tn The verb is the Hophal infinitive construct with the third feminine singular suffix (GKC 182 §67.y; cf. v. 34).

[26:43]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from them.”

[26:43]  ¹² tn Heb “because and in because,” a double expression, which is used only here and in Ezek 13:10 (without the vav) for emphasis (GKC 492 §158.b).

[26:43]  ¹³ tn Heb “and their soul has abhorred.”

[26:45]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “covenant of former ones.”

[4:29]  ¹⁵ tn Or “mind and being.” See Deut 6:5.

[4:30]  ¹⁶ sn The phrase is not used here in a technical sense for the eschaton, but rather refers to a future time when Israel will be punished for its sin and experience exile. See Deut 31:29.

[4:30]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “hear his voice.” The expression is an idiom meaning “obey,” occurring in Deut 8:20; 9:23; 13:18; 21:18, 20; 26:14, 17; 27:10; 28:1-2, 15, 45, 62; 30:2, 8, 10, 20.

[4:31]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 4:3.

[4:31]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he will not drop you,” i.e., “will not abandon you” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[4:31]  ²⁰ tn Or “will not.” The translation understands the imperfect verbal form to have an added nuance of capability here.

[30:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “the blessing and the curse.”

[30:1]  ²² tn Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”

[30:2]  ²³ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”

[30:2]  ²⁴ tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).

[30:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “according to all.”

[30:2]  ²⁶ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”

[30:2]  ²⁷ tn Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10).

[30:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “according to all.”

[6:1]  ²⁹ tn Heb “commandment.” The word מִצְוָה (mitsvah) again is in the singular, serving as a comprehensive term for the whole stipulation section of the book. See note on the word “commandments” in 5:31.

[6:1]  ³⁰ tn Heb “where you are going over to possess it” (so NASB); NRSV “that you are about to cross into and occupy.”

[33:12]  ³¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:12]  ³² tn Heb “between his shoulders.” This suggests the scene in John 13:23 with Jesus and the Beloved Disciple.

[33:13]  ³³ tn Heb “from the harvest of the heavens.” The referent appears to be good crops produced by the rain that falls from the sky.

[16:63]  ³⁴ tn Heb “and your mouth will not be open any longer.”

[16:63]  ³⁵ tn Heb “when I make atonement for you for all which you have done.”

[18:28]  ³⁶ tn Heb “he saw.”

[1:7]  ³⁷ tn Heb “Set your heart upon your ways”; see v. 5.

[15:17]  ³⁸ tn Grk “came to himself” (an idiom).

[15:17]  ³⁹ tn Grk “bread,” but used figuratively for food of any kind (L&N 5.1).