Ulangan 3:28

3:28 Commission ¹  Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see.”

Ulangan 4:5

4:5 Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in ²  the land you are about to enter and possess.

Ulangan 4:13

4:13 And he revealed to you the covenant ³  he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, ⁴  writing them on two stone tablets.

Ulangan 4:16

4:16 I say this ⁵  so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

Ulangan 12:1

The Central Sanctuary

12:1 These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, ⁶  has given you to possess. ⁷ 

Ulangan 15:17

15:17 you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. ⁸  Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well).

Ulangan 16:18

Provision for Justice

16:18 You must appoint judges and civil servants ⁹  for each tribe in all your villages ¹⁰  that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly. ¹¹ 

Ulangan 18:20

18:20 “But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized ¹²  him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.

Ulangan 19:15

19:15 A single witness may not testify ¹³  against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established ¹⁴  only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Ulangan 24:15

24:15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Ulangan 27:2

27:2 When you cross the Jordan River ¹⁵  to the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover ¹⁶  them with plaster.

Ulangan 28:11

28:11 The Lord will greatly multiply your children, ¹⁷  the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he ¹⁸  promised your ancestors ¹⁹  he would give you.

Ulangan 29:7

29:7 When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.

Ulangan 32:38

32:38 who ate the best of their sacrifices,

and drank the wine of their drink offerings?

Let them rise and help you;

let them be your refuge!

¹ tn Heb “command”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “charge Joshua.”

² tn Heb “in the midst of” (so ASV).

³ sn This is the first occurrence of the word בְּרִית (bÿrit, “covenant”) in the Book of Deuteronomy but it appears commonly hereafter (4:23, 31; 5:2, 3; 7:9, 12; 8:18; 9:9, 10, 11, 15; 10:2, 4, 5, 8; 17:2; 29:1, 9, 12, 14, 15, 18, 21, 25; 31:9, 16, 20, 25, 26; 33:9). Etymologically, it derives from the notion of linking or yoking together. See M. Weinfeld, TDOT 2:255.

⁴ tn Heb “the ten words.”

⁵ tn The words “I say this” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text v. 16 is subordinated to “Be careful” in v. 15, but this makes for an unduly long sentence in English.

⁶ tn Heb “fathers.”

⁷ tn Heb “you must be careful to obey in the land the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days which you live in the land.” This adverbial statement modifies “to obey,” not “to possess,” so the order in the translation has been rearranged to make this clear.

⁸ 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).

⁹ tn The Hebrew term וְשֹׁטְרִים (vÿshoterim), usually translated “officers” (KJV, NCV) or “officials” (NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT), derives from the verb שֹׁטֵר (shoter, “to write”). The noun became generic for all types of public officials. Here, however, it may be appositionally epexegetical to “judges,” thus resulting in the phrase, “judges, that is, civil officers,” etc. Whoever the שֹׁטְרִים are, their task here consists of rendering judgments and administering justice.

¹⁰ tn Heb “gates.”

¹¹ tn Heb “with judgment of righteousness”; ASV, NASB “with righteous judgment.”

¹² tn Or “commanded” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).

¹³ tn Heb “rise up” (likewise in v. 16).

¹⁴ tn Heb “may stand.”

¹⁵ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “plaster” (so KJV, ASV; likewise in v. 4). In the translation “cover” has been used for stylistic reasons.

¹⁷ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “will give you a lot of children.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

¹⁹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 36, 64).