Ulangan 4:2

4:2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to ¹  you.

Ulangan 5:10

5:10 but I show covenant faithfulness ²  to the thousands ³  who choose ⁴  me and keep my commandments.

Ulangan 11:1

Reiteration of the Call to Obedience

11:1 You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments ⁵  at all times.

Ulangan 16:13

The Festival of Temporary Shelters

16:13 You must celebrate the Festival of Temporary Shelters ⁶  for seven days, at the time of the grain and grape harvest. ⁷ 

Ulangan 16:20

16:20 You must pursue justice alone ⁸  so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Ulangan 21:19

21:19 his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

Ulangan 24:12

24:12 If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering. ⁹ 

Ulangan 27:1

The Assembly at Shechem

27:1 Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Pay attention to all the commandments ¹⁰  I am giving ¹¹  you today.

[4:2]  ¹ tn Heb “commanding.”

[5:10]  ² tn This theologically rich term (חֶסֶד, khesed) describes God’s loyalty to those who keep covenant with him. Sometimes it is used synonymously with בְּרִית (bÿrit, “covenant”; Deut 7:9), and sometimes interchangeably with it (Deut 7:12). See H.-J. Zobel, TDOT 5:44-64.

[5:10]  ³ tc By a slight emendation (לַאֲלּוּפִים [la’allufim] for לַאֲלָפִים [la’alafim]) “clans” could be read in place of the MT reading “thousands.” However, no ms or versional evidence exists to support this emendation.

[5:10]  tn Another option is to understand this as referring to “thousands (of generations) of those who love me” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). See Deut 7:9.

[5:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “love.” See note on the word “reject” in v. 9.

[11:1]  ⁵ tn This collocation of technical terms for elements of the covenant text lends support to its importance and also signals a new section of paraenesis in which Moses will exhort Israel to covenant obedience. The Hebrew term מִשְׁמָרוֹת (mishmarot, “obligations”) sums up the three terms that follow – חֻקֹּת (khuqot), מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishppatim), and מִצְוֹת (mitsot).

[16:13]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew phrase חַג הַסֻּכֹּת (khag hassukot, “festival of huts” or “festival of shelters”) is traditionally known as the Feast of Tabernacles. The rendering “booths” (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV) is now preferable to the traditional “tabernacles” (KJV, ASV, NIV) in light of the meaning of the term סֻכָּה (sukkah, “hut; booth”), but “booths” are frequently associated with trade shows and craft fairs in contemporary American English. Clearer is the English term “shelters” (so NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT), but this does not reflect the temporary nature of the living arrangement. This feast was a commemoration of the wanderings of the Israelites after they left Egypt, suggesting that a translation like “temporary shelters” is more appropriate.

[16:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “when you gather in your threshing-floor and winepress.”

[16:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “justice, justice.” The repetition is emphatic; one might translate as “pure justice” or “unadulterated justice” (cf. NLT “true justice”).

[24:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “may not lie down in his pledge.” What is in view is the use of clothing as guarantee for the repayment of loans, a matter already addressed elsewhere (Deut 23:19-20; 24:6; cf. Exod 22:25-26; Lev 25:35-37). Cf. NAB “you shall not sleep in the mantle he gives as a pledge”; NRSV “in the garment given you as the pledge.”

[27:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the whole commandment.” See note at 5:31.

[27:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 10).