Ulangan 2:20

2:20 (That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. ¹  The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. ² 

Ulangan 2:23

2:23 As for the Avvites ³  who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza, Caphtorites ⁴  who came from Crete ⁵  destroyed them and settled down in their place.)

Ulangan 6:21

6:21 you must say to them, ⁶  “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way. ⁷ 

Ulangan 12:2

12:2 You must by all means destroy ⁸  all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods – on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree. ⁹ 

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. ¹⁰ 

Ulangan 15:15

15:15 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today.

Ulangan 28:63

28:63 This is what will happen: Just as the Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he ¹¹  will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess.

Ulangan 30:5

30:5 Then he ¹²  will bring you to the land your ancestors ¹³  possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors.

Ulangan 30:7

30:7 Then the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you and persecute you.

Ulangan 31:4

31:4 The Lord will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the Amorite kings, and to their land, which he destroyed.

Ulangan 32:51

32:51 for both of you ¹⁴  rebelled against me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the desert of Zin when you did not show me proper respect ¹⁵  among the Israelites.

[2:20]  ¹ sn Rephaites. See note on this word in Deut 2:11.

[2:20]  ² sn Zamzummites. Just as the Moabites called Rephaites by the name Emites, the Ammonites called them Zamzummites (or Zazites; Gen 14:5).

[2:23]  ³ sn Avvites. Otherwise unknown, these people were probably also Anakite (or Rephaite) giants who lived in the lower Mediterranean coastal plain until they were expelled by the Caphtorites.

[2:23]  ⁴ sn Caphtorites. These peoples are familiar from both the OT (Gen 10:14; 1 Chr 1:12; Jer 47:4; Amos 9:7) and ancient Near Eastern texts (Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 2:37-38; ANET 138). They originated in Crete (OT “Caphtor”) and are identified as the ancestors of the Philistines (Gen 10:14; Jer 47:4).

[2:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “Caphtor”; the modern name of the island of Crete is used in the translation for clarity (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).

[6:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “to your son.”

[6:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “by a strong hand.” The image is that of a warrior who, with weapon in hand, overcomes his enemies. The Lord is commonly depicted as a divine warrior in the Book of Deuteronomy (cf. 5:15; 7:8; 9:26; 26:8).

[12:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “destroying you must destroy”; KJV “Ye shall utterly (surely ASV) destroy”; NRSV “must demolish completely.” The Hebrew infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis, which is reflected in the translation by the words “by all means.”

[12:2]  ⁹ sn Every leafy tree. This expression refers to evergreens which, because they keep their foliage throughout the year, provided apt symbolism for nature cults such as those practiced in Canaan. The deity particularly in view is Asherah, wife of the great god El, who was considered the goddess of fertility and whose worship frequently took place at shrines near or among clusters (groves) of such trees (see also Deut 7:5). See J. Hadley, NIDOTTE 1:569-70; J. DeMoor, TDOT 1:438-44.

[13:11]  ¹⁰ sn Some see in this statement an argument for the deterrent effect of capital punishment (Deut 17:13; 19:20; 21:21).

[28:63]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

[30:5]  ¹² tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3.

[30:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “fathers” (also later in this verse and in vv. 9, 20).

[32:51]  ¹⁴ tn The use of the plural (“you”) in the Hebrew text suggests that Moses and Aaron are both in view here, since both had rebelled at some time or other, if not at Meribah Kadesh then elsewhere (cf. Num 20:24; 27:14).

[32:51]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “did not esteem me holy.” Cf. NIV “did not uphold my holiness”; NLT “failed to demonstrate my holiness.”