Ulangan 1:30

1:30 The Lord your God is about to go ¹  ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt ² 

Ulangan 4:20

4:20 You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, ³  to be his special people ⁴  as you are today.

Ulangan 6:22

6:22 And he ⁵  brought signs and great, devastating wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on his whole family ⁶  before our very eyes.

Ulangan 10:17

10:17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,

[1:30]  ¹ tn The Hebrew participle indicates imminent future action here, though some English versions treat it as a predictive future (“will go ahead of you,” NCV; cf. also TEV, CEV).

[1:30]  ² tn Heb “according to all which he did for you in Egypt before your eyes.”

[4:20]  ³ tn A כּוּר (kur) was not a source of heat but a crucible (“iron-smelting furnace”) in which precious metals were melted down and their impurities burned away (see I. Cornelius, NIDOTTE 2:618-19); cf. NAB “that iron foundry, Egypt.” The term is a metaphor for intense heat. Here it refers to the oppression and suffering Israel endured in Egypt. Since a crucible was used to burn away impurities, it is possible that the metaphor views Egypt as a place of refinement to bring Israel to a place of submission to divine sovereignty.

[4:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “to be his people of inheritance.” The Lord compares his people to valued property inherited from one’s ancestors and passed on to one’s descendants.

[6:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on the word “his” in v. 17.

[6:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “house,” referring to the entire household.