Ulangan 2:10

2:10 (The Emites ¹  used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites.

Ulangan 4:8

4:8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just ²  as this whole law ³  that I am about to share with ⁴  you today?

[2:10]  ¹ sn Emites. These giant people, like the Anakites (Deut 1:28), were also known as Rephaites (v. 11). They appear elsewhere in the narrative of the invasion of the kings of the east where they are said to have lived around Shaveh Kiriathaim, perhaps 9 to 11 mi (15 to 18 km) east of the north end of the Dead Sea (Gen 14:5).

[4:8]  ² tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”

[4:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew phrase הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת (hattorah hazzo’t), in this context, refers specifically to the Book of Deuteronomy. That is, it is the collection of all the חֻקִּים (khuqqim, “statutes,” 4:1) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, “ordinances,” 4:1) to be included in the covenant text. In a full canonical sense, of course, it pertains to the entire Pentateuch or Torah.

[4:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “place before.”