Ulangan 4:7

4:7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?

Ulangan 19:12

19:12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger ¹  to die.

Ulangan 20:11

20:11 If it accepts your terms ²  and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves. ³ 

Ulangan 21:8

21:8 Do not blame ⁴  your people Israel whom you redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person.” ⁵  Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.

Ulangan 22:8

22:8 If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail ⁶  around your roof to avoid being culpable ⁷  in the event someone should fall from it.

[19:12]  ¹ tn The גֹאֵל הַדָּם (go’el haddam, “avenger of blood”) would ordinarily be a member of the victim’s family who, after due process of law, was invited to initiate the process of execution (cf. Num 35:16-28). See R. Hubbard, NIDOTTE 1:789-94.

[20:11]  ² tn Heb “if it answers you peace.”

[20:11]  ³ tn Heb “become as a vassal and will serve you.” The Hebrew term translated slaves (מַס, mas) refers either to Israelites who were pressed into civil service, especially under Solomon (1 Kgs 5:27; 9:15, 21; 12:18), or (as here) to foreigners forced as prisoners of war to become slaves to Israel. The Gibeonites exemplify this type of servitude (Josh 9:3-27; cf. Josh 16:10; 17:13; Judg 1:28, 30-35; Isa 31:8; Lam 1:1).

[21:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “Atone for.”

[21:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and do not place innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel.”

[22:8]  ⁶ tn Or “a parapet” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); KJV “a battlement”; NLT “a barrier.”

[22:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”