Deuteronomy 1:8
8Look! I have already given the land to you. ▼▼tn Heb “I have placed before you the land.”
Go, occupy the territory that I, ▼▼tn Heb “the Lord.” Since the Lord is speaking, it is preferable for clarity to supply the first person pronoun in the translation.
the Lord, promised ▼▼tn Heb “swore” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). This refers to God’s promise, made by solemn oath, to give the patriarchs the land.
to give to your ancestors ▼ Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants.” ▼▼tn Heb “their seed after them.”
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