Ulangan 3:18

Instructions to the Transjordanian Tribes

3:18 At that time I instructed you as follows: “The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites ¹  equipped for battle.

Ulangan 17:8

Appeal to a Higher Court

17:8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ²  legal claim, ³  or assault ⁴  – matters of controversy in your villages ⁵  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ⁶ 

Ulangan 21:23

21:23 his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury ⁷  him that same day, for the one who is left exposed ⁸  on a tree is cursed by God. ⁹  You must not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Ulangan 22:17

22:17 Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, ‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out ¹⁰  before the city’s elders.

[3:18]  ¹ tn Heb “your brothers, the sons of Israel.”

[17:8]  ² tn Heb “between blood and blood.”

[17:8]  ³ tn Heb “between claim and claim.”

[17:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “between blow and blow.”

[17:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “gates.”

[17:8]  ⁶ tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind.

[21:23]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates by “make certain.”

[21:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “hung,” but this could convey the wrong image in English (hanging with a rope as a means of execution). Cf. NCV “anyone whose body is displayed on a tree.”

[21:23]  ⁹ sn The idea behind the phrase cursed by God seems to be not that the person was impaled because he was cursed but that to leave him exposed there was to invite the curse of God upon the whole land. Why this would be so is not clear, though the rabbinic idea that even a criminal is created in the image of God may give some clue (thus J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy [JPSTC], 198). Paul cites this text (see Gal 3:13) to make the point that Christ, suspended from a cross, thereby took upon himself the curse associated with such a display of divine wrath and judgment (T. George, Galatians [NAC], 238-39).

[22:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they will spread the garment.”