¹tn Heb “the whole commandment.” See note at 5:31.
²tn Heb “commanding.”
³tn Heb “plaster” (likewise in v. 4).
⁴tn Heb “fathers.”
⁵tc The Samaritan Pentateuch reads “Mount Gerizim” for the MT reading “Mount Ebal” to justify the location of the Samaritan temple there in the postexilic period. This reading is patently self-serving and does not reflect the original. When the woman of Samaria referred to “this mountain” as the place of worship for her community she obviously had Gerizim in mind (cf. John 4:20).
⁶tn Heb “listen to the voice of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
⁷tn Heb “commanding.”
⁸tn Heb “Israelite man.”
⁹tn Heb “man.”
¹⁰tn The Hebrew term translated here “abhorrent” (hb*u@oT) speaks of attitudes and/or behaviors so vile as to be reprehensible to a holy God. See note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.
¹¹tn Heb “craftsman’s hands.”
¹²tn Or “So be it!” The term is an affirmation expressing agreement with the words of the Levites.
¹³tn The Levites speak again at this point; throughout this pericope the Levites pronounce the curse and the people respond with “Amen.”
¹⁴tn The Hebrew term hlq means to treat with disdain or lack of due respect. It is the opposite of dbK (“to be heavy,” that is, to treat with reverence and proper deference). To treat a parent lightly is to dishonor him or her and thus violate the fifth commandment (Deut 5:16; cf. Exod 21:17).
¹⁵tn Heb “who lies.” This is a Hebrew idiom for having sexual relations.
¹⁶tn See note at Deut 22:30.
¹⁷tn Heb “he uncovers his father’s skirt.” See note at Deut 22:30.
¹⁸tn Heb “lies with any animal.” “To lie with” is a Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations with someone (or in this case, some animal).
¹⁹tn Heb “lies.” This is a Hebrew idiom for having sexual relations.
²⁰tn Or “strikes down.”