Deuteronomy 29:6

6 Neither have you eaten bread nor drunk wine or beer during this time—so that you would know that I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 29:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:6

Ye have not eaten bread
Bread made of corn, common bread, of their own preparing, made by the labour of their own hands; but manna, the food of angelS, the bread of heaven:

neither have you drank wine, nor strong drink;
only water out of the rock, at least chiefly, and for constancy; though it may be, when they were on the borders of other countries, as of the Edomites, they might obtain some wine for their money:

that ye might know that I [am] the Lord your God;
who was both able and willing to provide food, drink, and raiment for them, and supply them with all good things, and support them without the use of the common necessaries of life; which were abundant proofs of his power and goodness.

Deuteronomy 29:6 In-Context

4 But until this very moment, the LORD hasn't given you insight to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
5 I've led you in the wilderness forty years now; neither the clothes on your back nor the sandals on your feet have worn out.
6 Neither have you eaten bread nor drunk wine or beer during this time—so that you would know that I am the LORD your God.
7 When you arrived here, Sihon, Heshbon's king, and Og, Bashan's king, marched out to fight against us, but we defeated them.
8 We took possession of their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half of Manasseh's tribe.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or that I, the LORD, am your God.
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