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Deuteronomy 8:6-16

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6 So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.
7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, 1a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills,
8 a land of wheat and barley, 2of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
9 a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
10 And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.
11 "Take care lest you forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today,
12 3lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them,
13 and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied,
14 4then your heart be lifted up, and you 5forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
15 who 6led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, 7with its fiery serpents and scorpions 8and thirsty ground where there was no water, 9who brought you water out of the flinty rock,
16 who fed you in the wilderness with 10manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, 11to do you good in the end.
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Deuteronomy 8:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 8

In this chapter Moses repeats the exhortation to observe the commands of God, and urges the Israelites to it, from the consideration of the great and good things God had done for them in the wilderness, and even in those instances which were chastisements, and were of an humbling nature, De 8:1-6, and on the consideration of the blessings of the good land they were going to possess, De 8:7-9 for which blessings they are exhorted to be thankful, and are cautioned against pride of heart through them, and forgetfulness of God, and of his goodness to them while in the wilderness, and when brought into the land of Canaan, which they were to ascribe to his power and goodness, and not their own, De 8:10-18, and the chapter is concluded with a warning against idolatry, lest they perish through it as the nations before them, De 8:19,20.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. Deuteronomy 11:10-12
  • 2. [Numbers 20:5]
  • 3. Deuteronomy 6:11, 12; Deuteronomy 28:47; Deuteronomy 32:15; Proverbs 30:9; Hosea 13:6
  • 4. [1 Corinthians 4:7]
  • 5. Psalms 78:11; Psalms 106:21
  • 6. See Deuteronomy 1:19
  • 7. Numbers 21:6; Isaiah 30:6
  • 8. Hosea 13:5
  • 9. Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11; Psalms 78:15; Psalms 114:8; [Deuteronomy 32:13]
  • 10. ver. 3; Exodus 16:15
  • 11. [Jeremiah 24:5-7; Hebrews 12:11]
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