Ulangan 1:31

1:31 and in the desert, where you saw him ¹  carrying you along like a man carries his son. This he did everywhere you went until you came to this very place.”

Ulangan 15:17

15:17 you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. ²  Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well).

Ulangan 16:14

16:14 You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages. ³ 

Ulangan 23:7

23:7 You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; ⁴  you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner ⁵  in his land.

Ulangan 23:21

23:21 When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he ⁶  will surely ⁷  hold you accountable as a sinner. ⁸ 

Ulangan 26:10

26:10 So now, look! I have brought the first of the ground’s produce that you, Lord, have given me.” Then you must set it down before the Lord your God and worship before him. ⁹ 

Ulangan 28:7

28:7 The Lord will cause your enemies who attack ¹⁰  you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction ¹¹  but flee from you in seven different directions.

Ulangan 28:9

28:9 The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments ¹²  and obey him. ¹³ 

Ulangan 28:35

28:35 The Lord will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils – from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

Ulangan 28:53

28:53 You will then eat your own offspring, ¹⁴  the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege ¹⁵  by which your enemies will constrict you.

Ulangan 28:58

The Curse of Covenant Termination

28:58 “If you refuse to obey ¹⁶  all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,

Ulangan 30:6

30:6 The Lord your God will also cleanse ¹⁷  your heart and the hearts of your descendants ¹⁸  so that you may love him ¹⁹  with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

Ulangan 32:6

32:6 Is this how you repay ²⁰  the Lord,

you foolish, unwise people?

Is he not your father, your creator?

He has made you and established you.

[1:31]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun (“him”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:17]  ² sn When the bondslave’s ear was drilled through to the door, the door in question was that of the master’s house. In effect, the bondslave is declaring his undying and lifelong loyalty to his creditor. The scar (or even hole) in the earlobe would testify to the community that the slave had surrendered independence and personal rights. This may be what Paul had in mind when he said “I bear on my body the marks of Jesus” (Gal 6:17).

[16:14]  ³ tn Heb “in your gates.”

[23:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “brother.”

[23:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “sojourner.”

[23:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[23:21]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which is reflected in the translation by “surely.”

[23:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “and it will be a sin to you”; NIV, NCV, NLT “be guilty of sin.”

[26:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

[28:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who rise up against” (so NIV).

[28:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “way” (also later in this verse and in v. 25).

[28:9]  ¹² tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in the previous verse.

[28:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “and walk in his ways” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[28:53]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NRSV); NASB “the offspring of your own body.”

[28:53]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “siege and stress.”

[28:58]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “If you are not careful to do.”

[30:6]  ¹⁷ 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]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).

[30:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.

[32:6]  ²⁰ tn Or “treat” (TEV).