Ulangan 10:15

10:15 However, only to your ancestors did he ¹  show his loving favor, ²  and he chose you, their descendants, ³  from all peoples – as is apparent today.

Ulangan 15:22

15:22 You may eat it in your villages, ⁴  whether you are ritually impure or clean, ⁵  just as you would eat a gazelle or an ibex.

Ulangan 28:47

The Curse of Military Siege

28:47 “Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,

Ulangan 28:62

28:62 There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, ⁶  because you will have disobeyed ⁷  the Lord your God.

Ulangan 30:4

30:4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, ⁸  from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

[10:15]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 10:4.

[10:15]  ² tn Heb “take delight to love.” Here again the verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”), juxtaposed with בָחַר (bakhar, “choose”), is a term in covenant contexts that describes the Lord’s initiative in calling the patriarchal ancestors to be the founders of a people special to him (cf. the note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37).

[10:15]  ³ tn The Hebrew text includes “after them,” but it is redundant in English style and has not been included in the translation.

[15:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “in your gates.”

[15:22]  ⁵ tc The LXX adds ἐν σοί (en soi, “among you”) to make clear that the antecedent is the people and not the animals. That is, the people, whether ritually purified or not, may eat such defective animals.

[28:62]  ⁶ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[28:62]  ⁷ tn Heb “have not listened to the voice of.”

[30:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “are at the farthest edge of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.