Ulangan 5:15

5:15 Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. ¹  That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe ²  the Sabbath day.

Ulangan 15:6

15:6 For the Lord your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.

Ulangan 17:8

Appeal to a Higher Court

17:8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ³  legal claim, ⁴  or assault ⁵  – matters of controversy in your villages ⁶  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ⁷ 

Ulangan 17:12

17:12 The person who pays no attention ⁸  to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

Ulangan 25:19

25:19 So when the Lord your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he ⁹  is giving you as an inheritance, ¹⁰  you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven ¹¹  – do not forget! ¹² 

Ulangan 26:2

26:2 you must take the first of all the ground’s produce you harvest from the land the Lord your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he ¹³  chooses to locate his name. ¹⁴ 

Ulangan 28:1

The Covenant Blessings

28:1 “If you indeed ¹⁵  obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving ¹⁶  you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.

Ulangan 32:21

32:21 They have made me jealous ¹⁷  with false gods, ¹⁸ 

enraging me with their worthless gods; ¹⁹ 

so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, ²⁰ 

with a nation slow to learn ²¹  I will enrage them.

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “by a strong hand and an outstretched arm,” the hand and arm symbolizing divine activity and strength. Cf. NLT “with amazing power and mighty deeds.”

[5:15]  ² tn Or “keep” (so KJV, NRSV).

[17:8]  ³ tn Heb “between blood and blood.”

[17:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “between claim and claim.”

[17:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “between blow and blow.”

[17:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “gates.”

[17:8]  ⁷ tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind.

[17:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “who acts presumptuously not to listen” (cf. NASB).

[25:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “ the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[25:19]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.”

[25:19]  ¹¹ tn Or “from beneath the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[25:19]  ¹² sn This command is fulfilled in 1 Sam 15:1-33.

[26:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[26:2]  ¹⁴ sn The place where he chooses to locate his name. This is a circumlocution for the central sanctuary, first the tabernacle and later the Jerusalem temple. See Deut 12:1-14 and especially the note on the word “you” in v. 14.

[28:1]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”

[28:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).

[32:21]  ¹⁷ sn They have made me jealous. The “jealousy” of God is not a spirit of pettiness prompted by his insecurity, but righteous indignation caused by the disloyalty of his people to his covenant grace (see note on the word “God” in Deut 4:24). The jealousy of Israel, however (see next line), will be envy because of God’s lavish attention to another nation. This is an ironic wordplay. See H. Peels, NIDOTTE 3:938-39.

[32:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “what is not a god,” or a “nondeity.”

[32:21]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “their empty (things).” The Hebrew term used here to refer pejoratively to the false gods is הֶבֶל (hevel, “futile” or “futility”), used frequently in Ecclesiastes (e.g., Eccl 1:1, “Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”).

[32:21]  ²⁰ tn Heb “what is not a people,” or a “nonpeople.” The “nonpeople” (לֹא־עָם, lo’-’am) referred to here are Gentiles who someday would become God’s people in the fullest sense (cf. Hos 1:9; 2:23).

[32:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “a foolish nation” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV); NIV “a nation that has no understanding”; NLT “I will provoke their fury by blessing the foolish Gentiles.”