Ulangan 26:14

26:14 I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; ¹  I have obeyed you ²  and have done everything you have commanded me.

Ulangan 31:21

31:21 Then when ³  many disasters and distresses overcome them ⁴  this song will testify against them, ⁵  for their ⁶  descendants will not forget it. ⁷  I know the ⁸  intentions they have in mind ⁹  today, even before I bring them ¹⁰  to the land I have promised.”

[26:14]  ¹ sn These practices suggest overtones of pagan ritual, all of which the confessor denies having undertaken. In Canaan they were connected with fertility practices associated with harvest time. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy (NAC), 335-36.

[26:14]  ² tn Heb “the Lord my God.” See note on “he” in 26:2.

[31:21]  ³ tn Heb “Then it will come to pass that.”

[31:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “it will not be forgotten from the mouth of his seed.”

[31:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “his.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “their.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

[31:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “which he is doing.”

[31:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.