Deuteronomy 32:13

He brought them up on the strength of the land; 1 He fed them with the fruits of the fields; 1 They sucked honey out of the rock, 1 And oil out of the solid rock. 1

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In The King James Version

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

In Context

12The Lord alone led them, 1 There was no strange god with them. 1

14Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, 1 With the fat of lambs and rams, 1 Of calves and kids, 1 With fat of kidneys of wheat; 1 And he drank wine, the blood of the grape. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:26There is not any such as the God of the beloved; 1 He who rides upon the heaven is thy helper, 1 And the magnificent One of the firmament. 1

Job 29:6When my ways were moistened with butter, 1 And the mountains flowed for me with milk. 1

Isaiah 48:21And if they shall thirst, he shall lead them through the desert; he shall bring forth water to them out of the rock: the rock shall be cloven, and the water shall flow forth, and my people shall drink.

Ezekiel 16:13So thou wast adorned with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and variegated work: thou didst eat fine flour, and oil, and honey, and didst become extremely beautiful.

Ezekiel 36:2Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, the old waste places are become a possession for us:

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:8-15

7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the Lord 's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept… Read the whole commentary →

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