Ulangan 7:23

7:23 The Lord your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic ¹  until they are destroyed.

Ulangan 19:13

19:13 You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent ²  from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

Ulangan 23:5

23:5 But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed ³  the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves ⁴  you.

Ulangan 23:16

23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages ⁵  he prefers; you must not oppress him.

Ulangan 25:15

25:15 You must have an accurate and correct ⁶  stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the Lord your God is about to give you.

[7:23]  ¹ tn Heb “he will confuse them (with) great confusion.” The verb used here means “shake, stir up” (see Ruth 1:19; 1 Sam 4:5; 1 Kgs 1:45; Ps 55:2); the accompanying cognate noun refers to confusion, unrest, havoc, or panic (1 Sam 5:9, 11; 14:20; 2 Chr 15:5; Prov 15:16; Isa 22:5; Ezek 7:7; 22:5; Amos 3:9; Zech 14:13).

[19:13]  ² sn Purge out the blood of the innocent. Because of the corporate nature of Israel’s community life, the whole community shared in the guilt of unavenged murder unless and until vengeance occurred. Only this would restore spiritual and moral equilibrium (Num 35:33).

[23:5]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord your God changed.” The phrase “the Lord your God” has not been included in the translation here for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy. Moreover, use of the pronoun “he” could create confusion regarding the referent (the Lord or Balaam).

[23:5]  ⁴ tn The verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”) here and commonly elsewhere in the Book of Deuteronomy speaks of God’s elective grace toward Israel. See note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37.

[23:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “gates.”

[25:15]  ⁶ tn Or “just”; Heb “righteous.”