40 Years: Your Clothes Didn’t Wear Out & Your Feet Didn’t Swell |
Deuteronomy 8:1-20 Deuteronomy the Fifth Book of Moses |
You shall [be careful to] do all the commandments [that] I command you this day, [so] that you may live & multiply & go in & possess the land [that] the Lord [swore] to your [forefathers]. |
You shall remember the Lord your God led you all the way these 40 years in the wilderness, to humble you & [test] you. To know what is in your hearts & whether you would keep the commandments or [not]. |
He humbled you & [allowed] you to [be hungry] & He fed you with manna, [that you hadn’t known], [so] He might make you know that man doesn’t live by bread [alone], but man lives by every word that [comes from] the mouth of the Lord. |
Your [clothing] didn’t [grow] old upon you, neither did your [feet] swell, these 40 years. Also, you shall consider in your heart, that [like a man who corrects] his son, the Lord your God [corrected] you. |
Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways & to fear [respect] Him. For the Lord your God [brings] you into a good land, with brooks of water, of fountains & [deep] springs [in the] valleys & hills. |
A land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil & honey. A land [where] you can eat bread without [it being scarce]. You shall not lack anything in it. A land whose stones are iron & out of [its] hills you [may] dig brass. |
When you have eaten & are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land [that] He [has] given you. Beware, [so you don’t] forget the Lord your God, [by] not keeping His commandments, His judgments & His statutes, [that] I command you [today]. |
Lest when you [have] eaten & [are] full & [you’ve] built [big, impressive] houses & [live in them] & when your herds & flocks multiply & your silver & gold [are] multiplied & your heart [is] lifted up & you forget the Lord your God, [who] brought you out of bondage in the land of Egypt. |
[The Lord God who] led you through the great & terrible wilderness [with] fiery serpents, scorpions & drought, where there was no water. [The Lord who] brought you water out of the rock of flint & who fed you in the wilderness with manna, [that your forefathers didn’t] know. |
[So], that He might [test] you & to do you good [in] the end. And [instead] you say in your heart, My power & the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. |
But you shall remember the Lord your God: for it is He [who gives] you power to get wealth, [so] He may establish His covenant [contract] [that] He [swore] to your [forefathers], as it is this day. |
If you [do] forget the Lord your God, at all & walk after other gods & serve them & worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. [Like] the nations the Lord [destroyed right] before your face, so shall you perish: because you weren’t obedient to the voice of the Lord your God. |