Ulangan 3:11

3:11 Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy ¹  that his sarcophagus ²  was made of iron. ³  Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath ⁴  of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet ⁵  long and six feet ⁶  wide according to standard measure.) ⁷ 

Ulangan 15:9

15:9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude ⁸  be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite ⁹  and you do not lend ¹⁰  him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. ¹¹ 

Ulangan 25:1

25:1 If controversy arises between people, ¹²  they should go to court for judgment. When the judges ¹³  hear the case, they shall exonerate ¹⁴  the innocent but condemn ¹⁵  the guilty.

Ulangan 31:16

31:16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die, ¹⁶  and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they ¹⁷  are going. They ¹⁸  will reject ¹⁹  me and break my covenant that I have made with them. ²⁰ 

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Behold” (הִנֵּה, hinneh).

[3:11]  ² tn The Hebrew term עֶרֶשׂ (’eres), traditionally translated “bed” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) is likely a basaltic (volcanic) stone sarcophagus of suitable size to contain the coffin of the giant Rephaite king. Its iron-like color and texture caused it to be described as an iron container. See A. Millard, “King Og’s Iron Bed: Fact or Fancy?” BR 6 (1990): 16-21, 44; cf. also NEB “his sarcophagus of basalt”; TEV, CEV “his coffin.”

[3:11]  ³ tn Or “of iron-colored basalt.” See note on the word “sarcophagus” earlier in this verse.

[3:11]  ⁴ sn Rabbath. This place name (usually occurring as Rabbah; 2 Sam 11:11; 12:27; Jer 49:3) refers to the ancient capital of the Ammonite kingdom, now the modern city of Amman, Jordan. The word means “great [one],” probably because of its political importance. The fact that the sarcophagus “still remain[ed]” there suggests this part of the verse is post-Mosaic, having been added as a matter of explanation for the existence of the artifact and also to verify the claim as to its size.

[3:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “nine cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 in (45 cm) for the standard cubit, this would be 13.5 ft (4.1 m) long.

[3:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “four cubits.” This would be 6 ft (1.8 m) wide.

[3:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “by the cubit of man.” This probably refers to the “short” or “regular” cubit of approximately 18 in (45 cm).

[15:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “your eye.”

[15:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “your needy brother.”

[15:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “give” (likewise in v. 10).

[15:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “it will be a sin to you.”

[25:1]  ¹² tn Heb “men.”

[25:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the judges) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “declare to be just”; KJV, NASB “justify the righteous”; NAB, NIV “acquitting the innocent.”

[25:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “declare to be evil”; NIV “condemning the guilty (+ party NAB).”

[31:16]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “lie down with your fathers” (so NASB); NRSV “ancestors.”

[31:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style. The third person singular also occurs in the Hebrew text twice more in this verse, three times in v. 17, once in v. 18, five times in v. 20, and four times in v. 21. Each time it is translated as third person plural for stylistic reasons.

[31:16]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:16]  ¹⁹ tn Or “abandon” (TEV, NLT).

[31:16]  ²⁰ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.