Nehemiah 9:21

21 You provided for them in the wilderness 40 years and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

Nehemiah 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 9:21

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so
that they lacked nothing
As not for food, so neither for raiment, as follows:

their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not;
of which see ( Deuteronomy 8:4 ) .

Nehemiah 9:21 In-Context

19 You did not abandon them in the wilderness because of Your great compassion. During the day the pillar of cloud never turned away from them, guiding them on their journey. And during the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

20 You sent Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

21 You provided for them in the wilderness 40 years and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples and assigned them to be a boundary. They took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of the land of Og king of Bashan.

23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You told their ancestors to go in and take possession [of it].