Deuteronomy 8:2
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.
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Gill's Exposition
And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness,.... For this was now the fortieth year of their coming out of Egypt into the wilderness, into…
The charge here given them is the same as before, to keep and do all God's commandments. Their obedience must be, 1. Careful: Observe to do. 2. Universal: To do all the commandments, Deu 8:1. And, 3.…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
thou shall remember all the way Another of the many calls in D to remember God's Providence (Deu 5:15; Deu 7:18, etc.), but this time to fresh aspects of that Providence, cp. Deu 29:5.
forty years in…
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