Ulangan 8:17

8:17 Be careful ¹  not to say, “My own ability and skill ²  have gotten me this wealth.”

Ulangan 9:13

9:13 Moreover, he said to me, “I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn ³  lot!

Ulangan 13:11

13:11 Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you. ⁴ 

Ulangan 16:21

Examples of Legal Cases

16:21 You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole ⁵  near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself.

Ulangan 18:5

18:5 For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand ⁶  and serve in his name ⁷  permanently.

Ulangan 22:14

22:14 accusing her of impropriety ⁸  and defaming her reputation ⁹  by saying, “I married this woman but when I had sexual relations ¹⁰  with her I discovered she was not a virgin!”

Ulangan 29:12

29:12 so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today. ¹¹ 

[8:17]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “my strength and the might of my hand.”

[9:13]  ³ tn Heb “stiff-necked.” See note on the word “stubborn” in 9:6.

[13:11]  ⁴ sn Some see in this statement an argument for the deterrent effect of capital punishment (Deut 17:13; 19:20; 21:21).

[16:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “an Asherah, any tree.”

[16:21]  sn Sacred Asherah pole. This refers to a tree (or wooden pole) dedicated to the worship of Asherah, wife/sister of El and goddess of fertility. See also Deut 7:5.

[18:5]  ⁶ tc Smr and some Greek texts add “before the Lord your God” to bring the language into line with a formula found elsewhere (Deut 10:8; 2 Chr 29:11). This reading is not likely to be original, however.

[18:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “the name of the Lord.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[22:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “deeds of things”; NRSV “makes up charges against her”; NIV “slanders her.”

[22:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “brings against her a bad name”; NIV “gives her a bad name.”

[22:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.

[29:12]  ¹¹ 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.”