Ulangan 20:20
Konteks20:20 However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, 1 and you may use it to build siege works 2 against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.
Ulangan 27:15
Konteks27:15 ‘Cursed is the one 3 who makes a carved or metal image – something abhorrent 4 to the Lord, the work of the craftsman 5 – and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 6
[20:20] 1 tn Heb “however, a tree which you know is not a tree for food you may destroy and cut down.”
[20:20] 2 tn Heb “[an] enclosure.” The term מָצוֹר (matsor) may refer to encircling ditches or to surrounding stagings. See R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 238.
[27:15] 3 tn Heb “man,” but in a generic sense here.
[27:15] 4 tn The Hebrew term translated here “abhorrent” (תּוֹעֵבָה, to’evah) speaks of attitudes and/or behaviors so vile as to be reprehensible to a holy God. See note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.
[27:15] 5 tn Heb “craftsman’s hands.”
[27:15] 6 tn Or “So be it!” The term is an affirmation expressing agreement with the words of the Levites.