Deuteronomy 8:16

and fedde thee with manna in the wildirnesse, which manna thi fadris knewen not. And after that the Lord turmentid thee, and preuede, at the last he hadd mersi on thee,

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In The King James Version

Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

In Context

15and was thi ledere in the greet wildirnesse and ferdful, in which was a serpent + 8:15 in which was a serpent and so forth, fro the hirting of whiche the Lord defendide thee; and the synguler is takun here for the plurel, a serpent, that is, serpentis, and so of scorpioun and dipsas, as in viij co. of Exodi, a greuouseste flie cam, that is, the multitude of flies; also the glos seith, that dipsas is a kynde of the leeste serpent, so that it is unnethis perseyued, and he perischith soone, whom euere dipsas bitith. brenninge with blast, and scorpioun, + 8:15 that is, an eddre that feyneth swetnesse with the heed, but venemeth with the tayl. and dipsas, + 8:15 that is, an eddre. dipsas is an eddre, that makith hem whom he stinggith to die for thirst. and outirli no `watris; which Lord ledde out stremes of the hardeste stoon,

17lest thou woldist seie in thin herte, My strengthe, and the myyt of myn hond yaf alle these thingis to me.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:15And whanne the sones of Israel hadden seyn that, thei seiden to gidere, Man hu? which signyfieth, what is this? for thei wisten not what it was. To whiche Moises seide, This is the breed, which the Lord hath youe to you to ete.

Deuteronomy 8:3And he turmentide thee with nedynesse, and he yaf to thee meete, manna which thou knewist not, and thi fadris `knewen not, that he schulde schewe to thee, that a man lyueth not in breed aloone, but in ech word + 8:3 word is not in Ebreu. that cometh `out of the Lordis mouth, `that is, bi manna, that cam down `at the heest of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 8:11-20

Cautions Relating to Worldly Prosperity. ( b. c. 1451.) 10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all… Read the whole commentary →

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