Ulangan 5:10

5:10 but I show covenant faithfulness ¹  to the thousands ²  who choose ³  me and keep my commandments.

Ulangan 6:5

6:5 You must love ⁴  the Lord your God with your whole mind, ⁵  your whole being, ⁶  and all your strength. ⁷ 

Ulangan 7:9

7:9 So realize that the Lord your God is the true God, ⁸  the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully ⁹  with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Ulangan 10:12

An Exhortation to Love Both God and People

10:12 Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, ¹⁰  to obey all his commandments, ¹¹  to love him, to serve him ¹²  with all your mind and being, ¹³ 

Ulangan 11:1

Reiteration of the Call to Obedience

11:1 You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments ¹⁴  at all times.

Ulangan 11:13

11:13 Now, if you pay close attention ¹⁵  to my commandments that I am giving you today and love ¹⁶  the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being, ¹⁷ 

Ulangan 11:22

11:22 For if you carefully observe all of these commandments ¹⁸  I am giving you ¹⁹  and love the Lord your God, live according to his standards, ²⁰  and remain loyal to him,

Ulangan 13:3

13:3 You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, ²¹  for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him ²²  with all your mind and being. ²³ 

Ulangan 19:9

19:9 and then you are careful to observe all these commandments ²⁴  I am giving ²⁵  you today (namely, to love the Lord your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities ²⁶  to these three.

Ulangan 30:6

30:6 The Lord your God will also cleanse ²⁷  your heart and the hearts of your descendants ²⁸  so that you may love him ²⁹  with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

Ulangan 30:16

30:16 What ³⁰  I am commanding you today is to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess. ³¹ 

Ulangan 30:20

30:20 I also call on you ³²  to love the Lord your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually ³³  in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

[5:10]  ¹ tn This theologically rich term (חֶסֶד, khesed) describes God’s loyalty to those who keep covenant with him. Sometimes it is used synonymously with בְּרִית (bÿrit, “covenant”; Deut 7:9), and sometimes interchangeably with it (Deut 7:12). See H.-J. Zobel, TDOT 5:44-64.

[5:10]  ² tc By a slight emendation (לַאֲלּוּפִים [la’allufim] for לַאֲלָפִים [la’alafim]) “clans” could be read in place of the MT reading “thousands.” However, no ms or versional evidence exists to support this emendation.

[5:10]  tn Another option is to understand this as referring to “thousands (of generations) of those who love me” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). See Deut 7:9.

[5:10]  ³ tn Heb “love.” See note on the word “reject” in v. 9.

[6:5]  ⁴ tn The verb אָהַב (’ahav, “to love”) in this setting communicates not so much an emotional idea as one of covenant commitment. To love the Lord is to be absolutely loyal and obedient to him in every respect, a truth Jesus himself taught (cf. John 14:15). See also the note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37.

[6:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “heart.” In OT physiology the heart (לֵב, לֵבָב; levav, lev) was considered the seat of the mind or intellect, so that one could think with one’s heart. See A. Luc, NIDOTTE 2:749-54.

[6:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “soul”; “being.” Contrary to Hellenistic ideas of a soul that is discrete and separate from the body and spirit, OT anthropology equated the “soul” (נֶפֶשׁ, nefesh) with the person himself. It is therefore best in most cases to translate נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) as “being” or the like. See H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 10-25; D. Fredericks, NIDOTTE 3:133-34.

[6:5]  ⁷ sn For NT variations on the Shema see Matt 22:37-39; Mark 12:29-30; Luke 10:27.

[7:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “the God.” The article here expresses uniqueness; cf. TEV “is the only God”; NLT “is indeed God.”

[7:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “who keeps covenant and loyalty.” The syndetic construction of בְּרִית (bÿrit) and חֶסֶד (khesed) should be understood not as “covenant” plus “loyalty” but as an adverbial construction in which חֶסֶד (“loyalty”) modifies the verb שָׁמַר (shamar, “keeps”).

[10:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

[10:12]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “follow his ways exactly”; NLT “to live according to his will.”

[10:12]  ¹² tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

[10:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being”; NCV “with your whole being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

[11:1]  ¹⁴ tn This collocation of technical terms for elements of the covenant text lends support to its importance and also signals a new section of paraenesis in which Moses will exhort Israel to covenant obedience. The Hebrew term מִשְׁמָרוֹת (mishmarot, “obligations”) sums up the three terms that follow – חֻקֹּת (khuqot), מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishppatim), and מִצְוֹת (mitsot).

[11:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “if hearing, you will hear.” The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute to emphasize the verbal idea. The translation renders this emphasis with the word “close.”

[11:13]  ¹⁶ tn Again, the Hebrew term אָהַב (’ahav) draws attention to the reciprocation of divine love as a condition or sign of covenant loyalty (cf. Deut 6:5).

[11:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

[11:22]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “this commandment.” See note at Deut 5:30.

[11:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “commanding you to do it.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation and “to do it” has been left untranslated.

[11:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV); TEV “do everything he commands.”

[13:3]  ²¹ tn Heb “or dreamer of dreams.” See note on this expression in v. 1.

[13:3]  ²² tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[13:3]  ²³ tn Heb “all your heart and soul” (so NRSV, CEV, NLT); or “heart and being” (NCV “your whole being”). See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.

[19:9]  ²⁴ tn Heb “all this commandment.” This refers here to the entire covenant agreement of the Book of Deuteronomy as encapsulated in the Shema (Deut 6:4-5).

[19:9]  ²⁵ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today.”

[19:9]  ²⁶ sn You will add three more cities. Since these are alluded to nowhere else and thus were probably never added, this must be a provision for other cities of refuge should they be needed (cf. v. 8). See P. C. Craigie, Deuteronomy (NICOT), 267.

[30:6]  ²⁷ 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]  ²⁸ tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).

[30:6]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.

[30:16]  ³⁰ tc A number of LXX mss insert before this verse, “if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God,” thus translating אֲשֶׁר (’asher) as “which” and the rest as “I am commanding you today, to love,” etc., “then you will live,” etc.

[30:16]  ³¹ tn Heb “which you are going there to possess it.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:20]  ³² tn The words “I also call on you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 19-20 are one long sentence, which the translation divides into two.

[30:20]  ³³ tn Heb “he is your life and the length of your days to live.”