lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 10 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you. —Deuteronomy 8:1–10 The words of Moses in Deuteronomy 8 impress upon Israel the need to learn a significant lesson from their past: Their experience of God’s care in the wilderness period, when they were unable to help themselves, was to teach them humility through the Lord’s providential discipline.