THEOSISDeuteronomy 2:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The Lord thy God hath blessed thee in every work of thy hands: the Lord thy God dwelling with thee, knoweth thy journey, how thou hast passed through this great wilderness, for forty years, and thou hast wanted nothing.
כִּי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ בֵּֽרַכְךָ֗ בְּכֹל֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָדֶ֔ךָ יָדַ֣ע לֶכְתְּךָ֔ אֶת־הַמִּדְבָּ֥ר הַגָּדֹ֖ל הַזֶּ֑ה זֶ֣ה ׀ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֗ה יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ לֹ֥א חָסַ֖רְתָּ דָּבָֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Neh 9:21Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.
- Luke 22:35When I sent you without purse and scrip and shoes, did you want anything?
- Deut 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no.
- Deut 8:4Thy raiment, with which thou wast covered, hath not decayed for age, and thy foot is not worn, lo this is the fortieth year,
- Deut 29:5He hath brought you forty years through the desert: your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age.
- Job 23:10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
- Ps 31 (30):7
- Gen 26:12And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.