Nehemiah 9:21

21 Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, 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 Yet in Your manifold mercies You did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day, To lead them on the road; Nor the pillar of fire by night, To show them light, And the way they should go.

20 You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, And did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, And gave them water for their thirst.

21 Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, They lacked nothing; Their clothes did not wear out And their feet did not swell.

22 "Moreover You gave them kingdoms and nations, And divided them into districts. So they took possession of the land of Sihon, The land of the king of Heshbon, And the land of Og king of Bashan.

23 You also multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, And brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers To go in and possess.

Footnotes

• [a]. Compare Deuteronomy 29:5