¹tn Heb “you must not see,” but, if translated literally into English, the statement is misleading.
²tn Heb “brother’s” (also later in this verse).
³tn Heb “hide yourself.”
⁴tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with the words “without fail.”
⁵tn Heb “your brother” (also later in this verse).
⁶tn Heb “is not.” The idea of “residing” is implied.
⁷tn Heb “and you do not know him.”
⁸tn Heb “it”; the referent (the ox or sheep mentioned in v. 1) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
⁹tn Heb “your brother” (also in v. 4).
¹⁰tn Heb “you must not hide yourself.”
¹¹tn Heb “you must not see.” See note at 22:1.
¹²tn Heb “and (must not) hide yourself from them.”
¹³tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “be sure.”
¹⁴tn Heb “a man’s clothing.”
¹⁵tn The Hebrew term hb*u@oT (“offense”) speaks of anything that runs counter to ritual or moral order, especially (in the OT) to divine standards. Cross-dressing in this covenant context may suggest homosexuality, fertility cult ritual, or some other practice contrary to God’s nature and will.
¹⁶tn Heb “and the mother sitting upon the chicks or the eggs.”
¹⁷tn Heb “sons,” used here in a generic sense for offspring.
¹⁸tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation seeks to reflect with “be sure.”
¹⁹tn Heb “that you not place bloodshed in your house.”
²⁰tn Heb “set apart.” The verb vdq in the Qal verbal stem (as here) has the idea of being holy or being treated with special care. Some take the meaning as “be off-limits, forfeited,” i.e., the total produce of the vineyard, both crops and grapes, have to be forfeited to the sanctuary (cf. Exod 29:37; 30:29; Lev 6:18, 27; Num 16:37-38; Hag 2:12).
²¹tn The Hebrew term zn}f=u^v^ occurs only here and in Lev 19:19. HALOT 1000 takes it to be a contraction of words (vv^, “headdress” + zn^f=u^, “strong”). BDB 1043 offers the translation “mixed stuff” (cf. NEB “woven with two kinds of yarn”; NIV, NRSV “woven together”). The general meaning is clear even if the etymology is not.
²²tn Heb “twisted threads” (<yl!d]G=) appears to be synonymous with tx!yx! which, in Num 15:38, occurs in a passage instructing Israel to remember the covenant. Perhaps that is the purpose of the tassels here as well.
²³tn Heb “goes to her,” a Hebrew euphemistic idiom for sexual relations.
²⁴tn Heb “hate.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.
²⁵tn Heb “deeds of things.”
²⁶tn Heb “brings against her a bad name.”
²⁷tn Heb “drew near to her.” This is another Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations.
²⁸sn In light of v. 17 this would evidently be blood-stained sheets indicative of the first instance of intercourse. See E. H. Merrill, Deuteronomy, 302-303.
²⁹tn Heb “hated.” See note on the word “other” in Deut 21:15.
³⁰tn Heb “they will spread the garment.”
³¹tn Heb “discipline.”
³²tn Heb “for he”; the referent (the man who made the accusation) has been specified in the translation to avoid confusion with the young woman’s father, the last-mentioned male.
³³tn Heb “brought forth a bad name.”
³⁴tn The Hebrew term hl*b*n+ means more than just something stupid. It refers to a moral lapse so serious as to jeopardize the whole covenant community (cf. Gen 34:7; Judg 19:23; 20:6, 10; Jer 29:23). See C. Pan, NIDOTTE 3:11-13.
³⁵tn Heb “burn.” See note on Deut 21:21.
³⁶tn Heb “lying with,” a Hebrew idiom for sexual relations.
³⁷tn Heb “a woman married to a husband.”
³⁸tn Heb “burn.” See note on the phrase “purge out” in Deut 21:21.
³⁹tn Heb “finds.”
⁴⁰tn Heb “lies with.”
⁴¹tn Heb “humbled.”
⁴²tn Heb “burn.” See note on the phrase “purge out” in Deut 21:21.
⁴³tn Heb “found,” also in vv. 27, 28.
⁴⁴tn Heb “lay with” here refers to a forced sexual relationship, as the accompanying verb “seized” (qzj) makes clear.
⁴⁵tn Heb “the man who lay with her, only him.”
⁴⁶tn Heb “his neighbor.”
⁴⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man who attacked the woman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
⁴⁸tn Heb “lies with.”