Nehemiah 9:21

21 "Indeed, ¹forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not in want; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet 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, in Your great compassion, Did not forsake them in the wilderness; The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day, To guide them on their way, Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.

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

21 "Indeed, forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not in want; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.

22 "You also gave them kingdoms and peoples, And allotted them to them as a boundary. They took possession of the land of Sihon the king of Heshbon And the land of Og the king of Bashan.

23 "You made their sons numerous as the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 2:7