“After a period of three years”; cf. Deut. 26.12.
a-a Cf. 14.28.
a Cf. Exod. 13.4; 23.15; 34.18.
b Lit. “upon it.”
c See note at Lev. 23.36.
d Lit. “you in all.”
a Lit. “three.”
b Nuance of Heb. milliphne uncertain.
a Lit. “its,” i.e. the tribe’s.
b-b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
a Cf. Num. 35.33–34.
b See note at 17.6.
a Thereby making her his wife legally, even though the marriage has not yet taken place.
b-b Or, “call on it to surrender.”
c See Lev. 27.29.
a Cf. 17.8. Or “skin affection”; cf. 24.8.
b Lit. two-thirds.
a-a I.e., for whom a bride-price had been paid; see 20.7.
a-a I.e., lay claim to what his father had possessed. Cf. Lev. 18.8, 20.11; Ezek. 16.8; Ruth 3.9.
b Meaning of Heb. mamzer uncertain; in Jewish law, the offspring of adultery or incest between Jews.
c I.e., of residence in Israel’s territory.
d I.e., a male prostitute.
a I.e., disqualified for him.
b Cf. Lev. 13.1 ff.
c See Num. 12.10 ff.
a I.e., the basket of v. 4.
b See Deut. 14.28–29.
c Meaning of first part of verse uncertain.
d No part of the tithe may be left as food for the dead.
e Exact nuance of Heb. uncertain.
a Construction of vv. 2–4 uncertain.
b Lit. “whole.”
c Construction of vv. 12–13 uncertain.
d See note at 23.1.
e-e I.e., to acquit the murderer; others “to slay.”
a Lit. “seven.”
b I.e., the LORD recognizes you as His own; cf. Isa. 4.1.
c Exact nature of these afflictions uncertain.
d See Exod. 9.9–10.
e Lit. “numbness of heart.”
f Cf. 20.6.
g See note at 11.28.
a I.e., the curses that violations of the covenant will entail.
b I.e., everything.
c I.e., clan or tribe, v. 17.
d See note at 11.28.
e See 4.19–20.
a Others “captivity.”
b Lit. “sky.”
c Others “circumcise.”
d Septuagint reads “If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which.”
a-a An ancient Heb. ms. and the Septuagint read: “When Moses had finished speaking …”; cf. 29.1.
b-b Lit. “come and go.”
c See note at 15.1.
a I.e., may my words be received eagerly; cf. Job 29.22–23.
b Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
c Lit. “fat.”
d-d “kidney fat of.”
e Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
f-f Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Arabic sha’ara suggests the rendering “Whom your fathers did not know.”
g I.e., idols.
h-h Lit. “I said, I will reduce …”; meaning of Heb. ’aph’ehem uncertain.
i Here, apparently, Moses is the speaker; God resumes in v. 32.
j-j I.e., as everyone must admit.
k For Heb. pelilim see Exod. 21.22; cf. Gen. 48.11.
l-l Cf. Isa. 1.24. Others “and repent Himself concerning.”
m Cf. Num. 35.33. Meaning of Heb. uncertain; Ugaritic ’udm‘t “tears” suggests the rendering “And wipe away His people’s tears.” Cf. Isa. 25.8.
a Cf. Meribath-kadesh, 32.51.
b Meaning of Heb. mimino ’eshdath uncertain, perhaps a place name.
c The meaning of vv. 3–5 is uncertain. An alternative rendering, with v. 3 apostrophizing Moses, is: 3Then were, O lover of the people,/All His worshipers in your care;/They followed your lead,/ Accepted your precepts./4Moses charged us with the Teaching/As the heritage of the congregation of Jacob./5Thus was he king in Jeshurun….
d-d Better (vocalizing rab with pathah) “Make his hands strong for him.” Cf. rabbeh, Judg. 9.29.
e-e Lit. “They shall place incense in Your nostril.”
f-f Or “He dwells amid his slopes.”
g Targum Onkelos and two Hebrew manuscripts read: “With the bounty of heaven above” (me‘al for mittal, cf. Gen. 49.25).
h Lit. “Dweller”; cf. Exod. 3.1 ff.
i I.e., the one horn.
j I.e., the other horn.
k-k Meaning of Heb. uncertain; cf. vv. 3–5 (with note c) above, and saphun “esteemed” in post-biblical Heb.
l Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
m Others “fountain.”
a I.e., Mediterranean; cf. note at 11.24.

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