Deuteronomy 29:6

6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or beer. This was so you would understand 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 to this day the Lord has not given you a mind that understands; you don't really understand what you see with your eyes or hear with your ears.
5 I led you through the desert for forty years, and during that time neither your clothes nor sandals wore out.
6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or beer. This was so you would understand that I am the Lord your God.
7 When you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight us, but we defeated them.
8 We captured their land and gave it to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh to be their own.
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