Ulangan 1:21

1:21 Look, he ¹  has placed the land in front of you! ²  Go up, take possession of it, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

Ulangan 1:24

1:24 They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, ³  which they scouted out.

Ulangan 2:31

2:31 The Lord said to me, “Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession.”

Ulangan 9:2

9:2 They include the Anakites, ⁴  a numerous ⁵  and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said, “Who is able to resist the Anakites?”

Ulangan 9:13

9:13 Moreover, he said to me, “I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn ⁶  lot!

Ulangan 13:2

13:2 and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”

Ulangan 13:13

13:13 some evil people ⁷  have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, ⁸  saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods” (whom you have not known before). ⁹ 

Ulangan 18:11

18:11 one who casts spells, ¹⁰  one who conjures up spirits, ¹¹  a practitioner of the occult, ¹²  or a necromancer. ¹³ 

Ulangan 21:7

21:7 Then they must proclaim, “Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we ¹⁴  witnessed the crime. ¹⁵ 

Ulangan 29:26

29:26 They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship. ¹⁶ 

Ulangan 30:14

30:14 For the thing is very near you – it is in your mouth and in your mind ¹⁷  so that you can do it.

[1:21]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun (“he”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons, to avoid repetition.

[1:21]  ² tn Or “has given you the land” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[1:24]  ³ tn Or “the Wadi Eshcol” (so NAB).

[1:24]  sn The Eshcol Valley is a verdant valley near Hebron, still famous for its viticulture (cf. Num 13:22-23). The Hebrew name “Eshcol” means “trestle,” that is, the frame on which grape vines grow.

[9:2]  ⁴ sn Anakites. See note on this term in Deut 1:28.

[9:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “great and tall.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “strong,” NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

[9:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “stiff-necked.” See note on the word “stubborn” in 9:6.

[13:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “men, sons of Belial.” The Hebrew term בְּלִיַּעַל (bÿliyya’al) has the idea of worthlessness, without morals or scruples (HALOT 133-34 s.v.). Cf. NAB, NRSV “scoundrels”; TEV, CEV “worthless people”; NLT “worthless rabble.”

[13:13]  ⁸ tc The LXX and Tg read “your” for the MT’s “their.”

[13:13]  ⁹ tn The translation understands the relative clause as a statement by Moses, not as part of the quotation from the evildoers. See also v. 2.

[18:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a binder of binding” (חֹבֵר חָבֶר, khover khaver). The connotation is that of immobilizing (“binding”) someone or something by the use of magical words (cf. Ps 58:6; Isa 47:9, 12).

[18:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “asker of a [dead] spirit” (שֹׁאֵל אוֹב, sho’el ’ov). This is a form of necromancy (cf. Lev 19:31; 20:6; 1 Sam 28:8, 9; Isa 8:19; 19:3; 29:4).

[18:11]  ¹² tn Heb “a knowing [or “familiar”] [spirit]” (יִדְּעֹנִי, yiddÿ’oniy), i.e., one who is expert in mantic arts (cf. Lev 19:31; 20:6, 27; 1 Sam 28:3, 9; 2 Kgs 21:6; Isa 8:19; 19:3).

[18:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “a seeker of the dead.” This is much the same as “one who conjures up spirits” (cf. 1 Sam 28:6-7).

[21:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “our eyes.” This is a figure of speech known as synecdoche in which the part (the eyes) is put for the whole (the entire person).

[21:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “seen”; the implied object (the crime committed) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:26]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “did not assign to them”; NASB, NRSV “had not allotted to them.”

[30:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “heart.”