Deuteronomy 8

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 8 of 34

¹ You shall take heed to do every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may live and may multiply and may go in and possess the land which Jehovah has sworn to your fathers.

² And you shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God has caused you to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, to try you, to know that which is in your heart, whether you will keep His commands or not.

³ And He has humbled you, and caused you to hunger, and caused you to eat the manna, which you had not known, and your fathers had not known, in order to cause you to know that man shall not live by bread alone, but man shall live by every word coming out of the mouth of Jehovah.

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Chapter Summary

An exhortation to obedience in regard of God's dealing with them.

Key Hebrew Words

מָן manna H4478 · TWOT 1209

עָנָה humble, afflict H6031 · TWOT 1652

נָסָה test, prove H5254 · TWOT 1373

יָסַר discipline, chasten H3256 · TWOT 877

שָׁכַח forget H7911 · TWOT 2383

זָכַר remember H2142 · TWOT 551

People & Context

Moses

The speaker urging Israel to remember Jehovah's wilderness provision and not forget Him in prosperity

Israel

The people humbled and tested forty years in the wilderness, warned against pride after entering the good land

Timeline

Remember the 40-Year Wilderness

Moses commands the people to remember the 40-year wilderness journey, designed as testing and humbling to know what was in their hearts.

Deuteronomy 8:1-2

God Provided Manna

God provided manna to teach them that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Deuteronomy 8:3

Clothes and Feet Preserved

Moses reminds them that their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell, for 40 years.

Deuteronomy 8:4

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