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Deuteronomy 8 KJV

Remember the Lord

Law/Torah 4 min 20 verses 566 words Moses shalt ร—7 commandments ร—4 fathers ร—4 thine ร—4 heart ร—4
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Deuteronomy Chapter 8: Remember the Lord

Deuteronomy 8:3 frames the manna provision as a deliberate pedagogical tool to teach dependence on divine speech rather than physical sustenance, a motif Jesus directly quotes during his wilderness testing in Matthew 4:4.

A1๐Ÿ”—ll the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.

2๐Ÿ”— And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

3๐Ÿ”— And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

4๐Ÿ”— Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

5๐Ÿ”— Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.

6๐Ÿ”— Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

7๐Ÿ”— For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

8๐Ÿ”— A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

9๐Ÿ”— A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

10๐Ÿ”— When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

11๐Ÿ”— Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

12๐Ÿ”— Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

13๐Ÿ”— And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

14๐Ÿ”— Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

15๐Ÿ”— Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

16๐Ÿ”— Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

17๐Ÿ”— And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

18๐Ÿ”— But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

19๐Ÿ”— And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

20๐Ÿ”— As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.

Commentary & Study Notes Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (1871) ยท Public Domain All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live โ€” In all the wise arrangements of our Creator duty has been made inseparably connected wโ€ฆ

Classic verse-by-verse commentary on Deuteronomy 8 from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871). Covers: An exhortation to obedience.

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All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live โ€” In all the wise arrangements of our Creator duty has been made inseparably connected with happiness; and the earnest enforcement of the divine law which Moses was making to the Israelites was in order to secure their being a happy (because a moral and religious) people: a course of prosperity is often called "life" (Ge 17:18; Pr 3:2). live, and multiply โ€” This reference to the future increase of their population proves that they were too few to occupy the land fully at first.
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thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness โ€” The recapitulation of all their checkered experience during that long period was designed to awaken lively impressions of the goodness of God. First, Moses showed them the object of their protracted wanderings and varied hardships. These were trials of their obedience as well as chastisements for sin. Indeed, the discovery of their infidelity, inconstancy, and their rebellions and perverseness which this varied discipline brought to light, was of eminently practical use to the Israelites themselves, as it has been to the church in all subsequent ages. Next, he enlarged on the goodness of God to them, while reduced to the last extremities of despair, in the miraculous provision which, without anxiety or labor, was made for their daily support (see on Ex 16:4). Possessing no nutritious properties inherent in it, this contributed to their sustenance, as indeed all food does (Mt 4:4) solely through the ordinance and blessing of God. This remark is applicable to the means of spiritual as well as natural life.
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Chapter Context

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1

Deuteronomy 8:3 frames the manna provision as a deliberate pedagogical tool to teach dependence on divine speech rather than physical sustenance, a motif Jesus directly quotes during his wilderness testing in Matthew 4:4.

2

The unique claim in verse 4 that clothing and sandals endured forty years without wear functions as tangible proof of covenantal preservation, distinct from parallel wilderness narratives that focus instead on food and water miracles.

3

Verse 15's description of God bringing water from 'the rock of flint' reinterprets the Meribah incident positively as sustained providential care, shifting emphasis from Israel's rebellion to God's consistent faithfulness.

4

The sevenfold catalog of Canaanite produce in verse 8 (wheat, barley, vines, figs, pomegranates, oil, honey) evokes ancient Near Eastern ideals of paradisiacal abundance while warning that such fertility could foster amnesia of the wilderness lessons.

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Verse 17's prohibition against crediting personal might for wealth counters typical ANE royal inscriptions that boast of self-generated prosperity, positioning Israel's success exclusively as an extension of Yahweh's power.