Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the land, Caused him to eat the increase of the fields,—And gave him to suck honey out of the cliff, And oil out of the rock of flint:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

12Yahweh alone did lead him,—And there was with him no GOD of a stranger.

14Curds of kine and milk of sheep,—With fat of well-fed lambs, Yea rams bred in Bashan, and he-goats, With the white of the kernels of wheat,—And, the blood of the grape, thou didst drink as it foamed.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:26There is none like GOD, O Jeshurun,—Riding upon the heavens to thy help,—And for his own majesty, on the skies;

Job 29:6When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil:

Isaiah 48:21And they thirsted not, when, through dry places, he led them, Waters out of the rock, caused he to flow out to them,—Yea be cleft a rock and, there gushed out waters:

Ezekiel 16:13Thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, And thy raiment was of fine linen and silk and embroidered work, Fine flour and honey and oil, didst thou eat,— And so thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, And didst attain unto royalty.

Ezekiel 36:2Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because the enemy hath said concerning you Aha! Even the high places of age-past times, for a possession have become ours

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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