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Deuteronomy 4:35-37
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Deuteronomy 4:35-37
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35 You have been taught that the Lord alone is God—there is no other besides him. 36 From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.[a] 37 Moreover, because he loved[b] your ancestors, he chose their[c] descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power
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- Deuteronomy 4:36 tn Heb “and his words you heard from the midst of the fire.”
- Deuteronomy 4:37 tn The concept of love here is not primarily that of emotional affection but of commitment or devotion. This verse suggests that God chose Israel to be his special people because he loved the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob) and had promised to bless their descendants. See as well Deut 7:7-9.
- Deuteronomy 4:37 tc The LXX, Smr, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate read a third person masculine plural suffix for the MT’s third person masculine singular, “his descendants.” Cf. Deut 10:15. Quite likely the MT should be emended in this instance.
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