¹tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.
²tn The Hebrew word hb*u@oT (“an abomination”) describes persons, things, or practices offensive to ritual or moral order. See M. Grisanti, NIDOTTE 4:314-18; see also the note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.
³tn Heb “gates.”
⁴tn Heb “does the evil in the eyes of the Lord your God.”
⁵tc The MT reads “and to the sun,” thus including the sun, the moon, and other heavenly spheres among the gods. However, Theodotion and Lucian read “or to the sun,” suggesting perhaps that the sun and the other heavenly bodies are not in the category of actual deities.
⁶tn Heb “which I have not commanded you.” The words “to worship” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
⁷tn Heb “an abomination” (hb*u@oT); see note on the word “offensive” in v. 1.
⁸tn Heb “gates.”
⁹tn Heb “stone them with stones so that they die.”
¹⁰tn Heb “the hand of the witnesses.”
¹¹tn Heb “the hand of all the people.”
¹²tn Heb “between blood and blood.”
¹³tn Heb “between claim and claim.”
¹⁴tn Heb “between blow and blow.”
¹⁵tn Heb “gates.”
¹⁶tc 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.
¹⁷tn Heb “who acts presumptuously not to listen.”
¹⁸tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “without fail.”
¹⁹tn Heb “your brothers.”
²⁰tn Heb “your brothers.”
²¹tn Heb “in order to multiply horses.”
²²tn Heb “must not multiply.”
²³tn Or “instruction.” The LXX reads here toV deuteronovmion tou'to, “this second law.” It is this phrase that gives rise to the name of the book in modern times, “Deuteronomy” or “second law,” i.e., the second giving of the law. However, the MT’s expression taZ)h^ hr`oTh^ hn#v=m! is better rendered “copy of this law.” Here the term hr`oT probably means only the Book of Deuteronomy and not the whole Pentateuch.
²⁴tn The Hebrew term rp#s@ means a “writing” or “document” and could be translated “book.” However, since “book” carries the connotation of a modern bound book with pages (an obvious anachronism) it is preferable to render it “scroll” here and elsewhere.
²⁵tn Heb “his brothers.”
²⁶tc Heb “upon his kingship.” The SP supplies as@K! (“throne”) so as to read “upon the throne of his kingship.” This overliteralizes what is a clearly understood figure of speech.