Ulangan 4:25

Threat and Blessing following Covenant Disobedience

4:25 After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, ¹  if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind ²  and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him, ³ 

Ulangan 15:9

15:9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude ⁴  be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite ⁵  and you do not lend ⁶  him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. ⁷ 

[4:25]  ¹ tn Heb “have grown old in the land,” i.e., been there for a long time.

[4:25]  ² tn Heb “a form of anything.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, TEV “an idol.”

[4:25]  ³ tn The infinitive construct is understood here as indicating the result, not the intention, of their actions.

[15:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “your eye.”

[15:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “your needy brother.”

[15:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “give” (likewise in v. 10).

[15:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “it will be a sin to you.”