Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on high places of the land, 1 and he fed him the fruits of the field; 1 he nourished him with honey from the rock, 1 and oil from the flinty crag. 1

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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

12Yahweh alone led him; 1 no foreign god was with him. 1

14He ate butter from the herd and drank milk from the flock, 1 with fat of lambs, 1 rams of Bashan and goats, 1 with the finest of the wheat— 1 and you drank foaming wine made from the juice of grapes. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:26There is no one like God, Jeshurun—the upright one, 1 who rides through the heavens to your help, 1 and in his majesty on the clouds. 1

Job 29:6when my way was covered with cream, 1 and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! 1

Isaiah 48:21They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; 1 he made the water to flow out of the rock for them; 1 he split open the rock, and the waters gushed out. 1

Ezekiel 16:13So you were adorned with gold and silver, and you were dressed in fine linen, silk, and embroidered clothes; you ate fine flour, honey, and oil, and you were very beautiful, and you became a queen.

Ezekiel 36:2The Lord Yahweh says this: The enemy has said about you, “Aha!” and “The ancient high places have become our possession.”'

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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