Nehemiah 9:21

21 You took care of them for forty years in the desert; they needed 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 have great mercy, so you did not leave them in the desert. The pillar of cloud guided them by day, and the pillar of fire led them at night, lighting the way they were to go.

20 You gave your good Spirit to teach them. You gave them manna to eat and water when they were thirsty.

21 You took care of them for forty years in the desert; they needed nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

22 "You gave them kingdoms and nations; you gave them more land. and the country of Og king of Bashan.

23 You made their children as many as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land that you told their fathers to enter and take over.