Ulangan 3:25

3:25 Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River – this good hill country and the Lebanon!” ¹ 

Ulangan 4:2

4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to ²  you.

Ulangan 8:6

8:6 So you must keep his ³  commandments, live according to his standards, ⁴  and revere him.

Ulangan 8:17

8:17 Be careful ⁵  not to say, “My own ability and skill ⁶  have gotten me this wealth.”

Ulangan 10:18

10:18 who justly treats ⁷  the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

Ulangan 12:23

12:23 However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself ⁸  – you must not eat the life with the meat!

Ulangan 13:2

13:2 and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, “Let us follow other gods” – gods whom you have not previously known – “and let us serve them.”

Ulangan 21:19

21:19 his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

Ulangan 24:12

24:12 If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering. ⁹ 

Ulangan 27:25

27:25 ‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Ulangan 29:12

29:12 so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today. ¹⁰ 

Ulangan 32:7

32:7 Remember the ancient days;

bear in mind ¹¹  the years of past generations. ¹² 

Ask your father and he will inform you,

your elders, and they will tell you.

[3:25]  ¹ tn The article is retained in the translation (“the Lebanon,” cf. also NAB, NRSV) to indicate that a region (rather than the modern country of Lebanon) is referred to here. Other recent English versions accomplish this by supplying “mountains” after “Lebanon” (TEV, CEV, NLT).

[4:2]  ² tn Heb “commanding.”

[8:6]  ³ tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[8:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “by walking in his ways.” The “ways” of the Lord refer here to his moral standards as reflected in his commandments. The verb “walk” is used frequently in the Bible (both OT and NT) for one’s moral and ethical behavior.

[8:17]  ⁵ tn For stylistic reasons a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 17 in the translation and the words “be careful” supplied to indicate the connection.

[8:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “my strength and the might of my hand.”

[10:18]  ⁷ tn Or “who executes justice for” (so NAB, NRSV); NLT “gives justice to.”

[12:23]  ⁸ sn The blood is life itself. This is a figure of speech (metonymy) in which the cause or means (the blood) stands for the result or effect (life). That is, life depends upon the existence and circulation of blood, a truth known empirically but not scientifically tested and proved until the 17th century a.d. (cf. Lev 17:11).

[24:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “may not lie down in his pledge.” What is in view is the use of clothing as guarantee for the repayment of loans, a matter already addressed elsewhere (Deut 23:19-20; 24:6; cf. Exod 22:25-26; Lev 25:35-37). Cf. NAB “you shall not sleep in the mantle he gives as a pledge”; NRSV “in the garment given you as the pledge.”

[29:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for you to pass on into the covenant of the Lord your God and into his oath, which the Lord your God is cutting with you today.”

[32:7]  ¹¹ tc The Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate read 2nd person masculine singular whereas the MT has 2nd person masculine plural. The former is preferred, the latter perhaps being a misreading (בִּינוּ [binu] for בִּינָה [binah]). Both the preceding (“remember”) and following (“ask”) imperatives are singular forms in the Hebrew text.

[32:7]  ¹² tn Heb “generation and generation.” The repetition of the singular noun here singles out each of the successive past generations. See IBHS 116 §7.2.3b.