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Deuteronomy 8:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. "

Deuteronomy 8:2

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1 You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers.

2 You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

3 He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the LORD’s mouth.

4 Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

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Deuteronomy 2:7

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"For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, the LORD your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing."

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Deuteronomy 5:33

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"You shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess."

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Joshua 5:6

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"For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn’t listen to the LORD’s voice. The LORD swore to them that he wouldn’t let them see the land which the LORD swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey."

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Numbers 32:13

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"The LORD’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation who had done evil in the LORD’s sight was consumed."

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Amos 2:10

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"Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite."

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1 Kings 2:3

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"and keep the instruction of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn yourself."

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Deuteronomy 8:1

"You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers."

Deuteronomy 8:3

"He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the LORD’s mouth."

Deuteronomy 8:4

"Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years."

Deuteronomy 8:5

"You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you."

Deuteronomy 8:6

"You shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him."

Deuteronomy 8:7

"For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;"

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