Ulangan 4:6

4:6 So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding ¹  to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, “Indeed, this great nation is a very wise ²  people.”

Ulangan 6:3

6:3 Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number ³  – as the Lord, God of your ancestors, ⁴  said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

Ulangan 8:1

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ⁵  I am giving ⁶  you today so that you may live, increase in number, ⁷  and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ⁸ 

Ulangan 28:13

28:13 The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his ⁹  commandments which I am urging ¹⁰  you today to be careful to do.

Ulangan 28:15

Curses as Reversal of Blessings

28:15 “But if you ignore ¹¹  the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: ¹² 

[4:6]  ¹ tn Heb “it is wisdom and understanding.”

[4:6]  ² tn Heb “wise and understanding.”

[6:3]  ³ tn Heb “may multiply greatly” (so NASB, NRSV); the words “in number” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 10, 18, 23).

[8:1]  ⁵ tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

[8:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

[8:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

[8:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

[28:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord your God’s.” See note on “he” in 28:8.

[28:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “commanding” (so NRSV); NASB “which I charge you today.”

[28:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”

[28:15]  ¹² tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”