Deuteronomy 8:1–10

God’s Gracious Dealings

¹“All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you ^amay live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your forefathers.

²“^aYou shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has ^bled you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, ^ctesting you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

³“He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you ¹understand that ^aman does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

⁴“^aYour clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.

⁵“^aThus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

⁶“Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to ¹fear Him.

⁷“For ^athe Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

⁸a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey;

⁹a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

¹⁰“When ^ayou have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.