translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: DEU

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “turned and went up.”


text: Heb “people.”


text: Heb “was left to him.” The final phrase “to him” is redundant in English and has been left untranslated.


text: Or “high walls and barred gates” (NLT); Heb “high walls, gates, and bars.” Since “bars” could be understood to mean “saloons,” the qualifying adjective “locking” has been supplied in the translation.


text: The Hebrew term פְּרָזִי ( pÿraziy ) refers to rural areas, at the most “unwalled villages” (KJV, NASB “unwalled towns”).


text: Heb “we put them under the ban” ( נַחֲרֵם , nakharem ). See note at 2:34 . sn The divine curse . See note on this phrase in Deut 2:34 .


text: Heb “city of men.”


text: Heb “Behold” ( הִנֵּה , hinneh ).


text: The Hebrew term עֶרֶשׂ (’ eres ), traditionally translated “bed” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) is likely a basaltic (volcanic) stone sarcophagus of suitable size to contain the coffin of the giant Rephaite king. Its iron-like color and texture caused it to be described as an iron container. See A. Millard, “King Og’s Iron Bed: Fact or Fancy?” BR 6 (1990): 16-21, 44; cf. also NEB “his sarcophagus of basalt”; TEV, CEV “his coffin.”


text: Or “of iron-colored basalt.” See note on the word “sarcophagus” earlier in this verse.


text: Heb “nine cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 in (45 cm) for the standard cubit, this would be 13.5 ft (4.1 m) long.


text: Heb “four cubits.” This would be 6 ft (1.8 m) wide.


text: Heb “by the cubit of man.” This probably refers to the “short” or “regular” cubit of approximately 18 in (45 cm).


text: The words “the territory extending” are not in the Hebrew text; they are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. sn Aroer . See note on this term in Deut 2:36 .


text: The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity (also in vv. 20, 25 ).


text: Heb “from Chinnereth.” The words “the sea of” have been supplied in the translation as a clarification. sn Chinnereth . This is another name for the Sea of Galilee, so called because its shape is that of a harp (the Hebrew term for “harp” is כִּנּוֹר , kinnor ).


text: The meaning of the Hebrew term אַשְׁדֹּת (’ ashdot ) is unclear. It is usually translated either “slopes” (ASV, NAB, NIV) or “watershed” (NEB).


text: Heb “your brothers, the sons of Israel.”


text: The words “you must fight” are not present in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.


text: Heb “gives your brothers rest.”


text: Heb “the Lord. ” The translation uses the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy.


text: Heb “which you are crossing over there.”


text: Heb “Lord Lord. ” The phrase אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה (’ adonay yÿhvih ) is customarily rendered by Jewish tradition as “Lord God .” Cf. NIV, TEV, NLT “Sovereign Lord.”


text: Heb “your servant.” The pronoun is used in the translation to clarify that Moses is speaking of himself, since in contemporary English one does not usually refer to oneself in third person.


text: Heb “your strong hand” (so NIV), a symbol of God’s activity.


text: The article is retained in the translation (“ the Lebanon,” cf. also NAB, NRSV) to indicate that a region (rather than the modern country of Lebanon) is referred to here. Other recent English versions accomplish this by supplying “mountains” after “Lebanon” (TEV, CEV, NLT).


text: Heb “the Lord. ” For stylistic reasons the pronoun (“he”) has been used in the translation here.


text: Heb “much to you” (an idiom).


text: Heb “lift your eyes to the west, north, south, and east and see with your eyes.” The translation omits the repetition of “your eyes” for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “command”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “charge Joshua.”