Deuteronomy 8:9

A land where, without poverty, thou mayest eat bread, and have want of nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest cast brass:

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In The King James Version

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

In Context

8A land of wheat and barley, vines, figs, and pomegranates; a land of olives yielding oil, and which produceth honey;

10And thou shalt eat and be satisfied, and shalt bless the Lord thy God in the good land.

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Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:2-10

A Charge to Israel; Israel's Retrospect. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and… Read the whole commentary →

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