Ulangan 21:9

21:9 In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before ¹  the Lord.

Ulangan 29:4

29:4 But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears! ² 

Ulangan 33:26

General Praise and Blessing

33:26 There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, ³ 

who rides through the sky ⁴  to help you,

on the clouds in majesty.

[21:9]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of” (so ASV, NASB, NIV).

[29:4]  ² tn Heb “a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear” (NASB similar); NAB, NRSV “a mind to understand, or eyes to see, or ears to hear.”

[33:26]  ³ sn Jeshurun is a term of affection referring to Israel, derived from the Hebrew verb יָשַׁר (yashar, “be upright”). See note on the term in Deut 32:15.

[33:26]  ⁴ tn Or “(who) rides (on) the heavens” (cf. NIV, NRSV, NLT). This title depicts Israel’s God as sovereign over the elements of the storm (cf. Ps 68:33). The use of the phrase here may be polemical; Moses may be asserting that Israel’s God, not Baal (called the “rider of the clouds” in the Ugaritic myths), is the true divine king (cf. v. 5) who controls the elements of the storm, grants agricultural prosperity, and delivers his people from their enemies. See R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “The Polemic against Baalism in Israel’s Early History and Literature,” BSac 151 (1994): 275.