Ulangan 5:24

5:24 You said, “The Lord our God has shown us his great glory ¹  and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us ²  that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.

Ulangan 9:28

9:28 Otherwise the people of the land ³  from which you brought us will say, “The Lord was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the desert.” ⁴ 

Ulangan 31:16

31:16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “You are about to die, ⁵  and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they ⁶  are going. They ⁷  will reject ⁸  me and break my covenant that I have made with them. ⁹ 

[5:24]  ¹ tn Heb “his glory and his greatness.”

[5:24]  ² tn Heb “this day we have seen.”

[9:28]  ³ tc The MT reads only “the land.” Smr supplies עַם (’am, “people”) and LXX and its dependents supply “the inhabitants of the land.” The truncated form found in the MT is adequate to communicate the intended meaning; the words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[9:28]  ⁴ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

[31:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “lie down with your fathers” (so NASB); NRSV “ancestors.”

[31:16]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Or “abandon” (TEV, NLT).

[31:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.