Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Deuteronomy 8:4
Thy raiment did not wear away through age, which they must needs have done without a miracle; neither did thy foot swell, notwithstanding thy long and hard travels, which also was miraculous.
Thy raiment did not wear away through age, which they must needs have done without a miracle; neither did thy foot swell, notwithstanding thy long and hard travels, which also was miraculous.
Verse Deuteronomy 8:4. _THY RAIMENT WAXED NOT OLD, C._] The plain meaning of this much-tortured text appears to me to be this: "God so amply provided for them all the necessaries of life, that they n...
They had clothes, it would seem, in abundance (compare Exodus 12:34) at the beginning of the 40 years; and during those years they had many sheep and oxen, and so must have had much material for cloth...
4. THOU SHALT REMEMBER! PROVISION AND WARNING CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Remember the forty years and Jehovah's care (Deuteronomy 8:1)_ 2. The gracious provision in the land (Deuteronomy 8:7) 3. Warning again...
DEUTERONOMY 8. Israel's duty to be faithful and obedient to Yahweh enforced by a recital of His loving treatment of them in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 8:1). Unless they are faithful they will perish...
THY RAIMENT. Compare Deuteronomy 29:5.Nehemiah 9:20; Nehemiah 9:21. Not mentioned in Exodus, Leviticus, or Numbers....
_Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee_ Similarly Deuteronomy 29:5, Pl.; Nehemiah 9:21. On _raiment_see Deuteronomy 24:13. _neither did thy fool swell_ or _rise in blisters_, only here and...
_VER._ 4. _THY RAIMENT WAXED NOT OLD UPON THEE,_ &C.— See Deuteronomy 29:5 and Nehemiah 9:21. Houbigant renders this, _tuae vestes non sunt attritae; thy garments are not worn out,_ which is preferabl...
LESSON EIGHT DEUTERONOMY 8:1 TO DEUTERONOMY 11:32 7. THE THREAT FROM WITHIN (Deuteronomy 8:1 to Deuteronomy 11:21)
_THY RAIMENT WAXED NOT OLD UPON THEE, NEITHER DID THY FOOT SWELL, THESE FORTY YEARS._ Thy raiment waxed not old ... neither did thy foot swell. What a striking miracle was this! No doubt the Israelit...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS (CONTINUED) The people are reminded of God's goodness to them at the time of the exodus and during their sojourn in the wilderness. They are exhorted to humility and obedience,...
God who gives the life provides also the raiment and the bodily health: see Matthew 6:25. Jewish commentators understood this description literally, but it is evidently poetical and rhetorical. 6-20....
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 V1 ‘Be careful to *keep all the *commandments that I ordered you today. Then you will live an...
THY RAIMENT WAXED NOT OLD UPON THEE. — The Jewish commentators say that it grew with their growth, from childhood to manhood. We cannot say that anything miraculous is certainly intended, though it is...
שִׂמְלָ֨תְךָ֜ לֹ֤א בָֽלְתָה֙ מֵֽ עָלֶ֔יךָ וְ...
THE BREAD OF THE SOUL Deuteronomy 8:1 IN the Chapter s which follow, _ viz_. 8., 9., and Deuteronomy 10:1, we have an appeal to history as a motive for fulfilling the fundamental duty of loving God a...
BEWARE OF FORGETTING GOD Deuteronomy 8:1 “Thou shalt remember,” Deuteronomy 8:2; “thou shalt consider,” Deuteronomy 8:5; “thou shalt bless,”...
Still continuing this discourse, Moses declared that the land when purified of the corrupt people was to be possessed by the people of God as His chosen nation. He showed that the first condition of p...
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot (d) swell, these forty years. (d) As those that go barefoot....
Worn, for want of shoes, chap. xxix. 5. (Chaldean) This miracle of the Hebrews, being so well provided with raiment in a desert country, is mentioned, 2 Esdras ix. 21. Cosmas (B. v.) allows only that...
Was not this a standing miracle, that the garments of the Israelites should not wear out during forty years? There were no shops for supply in the wilderness. The people brought with them indeed what...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8, 9, 10, AND 11. In chapter 8, in the most instructive and touching language as to the care God had taken of them, while keeping them in dependence, and His...
THY RAIMENT WAXED NOT OLD UPON THEE, c] They wanted not clothes all the forty years they were in the wilderness which some account for by the rising generation being supplied with the clothes of those...
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. Ver. 4. _Thy raiment weaved not old._] It was not the worse for wearing, but grew as their bodies did, as some are...
_Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee_ The common interpretation of these words is, that, by a constant miracle, their clothes did not so much as decay, _nor their foot swell_, or, as some render it, _...
1 An exhortation to obedience in regard of Gods dealing with them. 1 ALL the commaundements which I commaund thee this day, shall yee obserue to doe, that yee may liue, and multiply, and goe in, and...
Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, compelling them to wear torn and insufficient clothes, NEITHER DID THY FOOT SWELL, become blistered on account of their being compelled to march barefooted for lac...
A Reference to God's Goodness...
REMEMBER! DO NOT FORGET! (vs.1-20) Israel was left no opportunity to say they did not understand what God was telling them. He repeated it in many different ways and insisted on it in no uncertain t...
1-9 Obedience must be, 1. Careful, observe to do; 2. Universal, to do all the commandments; and 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and with a holy fear of him....
"All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord aware unto your fathers. And thou shalt rememb...
Deuteronomy 8:4 garments H8071 out H1086 (H8804) foot H7272 swell H1216 (H8804) forty H705 years H8141...
‘ Your clothes did not grow old on you, nor did your foot swell, these forty years.' They were to remember how, while they wandered in that wilderness, they were fully provided for. They did not live...
Deuteronomy 8:2 This is the lesson of our lives. This is God's training, not only for the Jews, but for us. We read these verses to teach us that God's ways with man do not change; that His fatherly...
Deuteronomy 8:2 I. The text shows us what God did with Israel. (1) He sent them back to wander in the desert through forty years, sent them back from entering the land which He eventually intended to...
CONTENTS: Israel reminded of God's gracious past dealings and warned to walk in His Way. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: It is good for us to remember all the ways both of God's providences and...
Deuteronomy 8:4. _Thy raiment waxed not old._ By a miracle the Lord preserved the clothes of the Israelites from wearing and decay, or by means of trade and war with the supplies they brought from Egy...
_He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna._ THE PILGRIMS’ GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS I. Let us pass in review the favours of the lord, taking what He did for Israel as being...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 8:4 CLOTHING... FOOT. Compare Deuteronomy 29:5....
CRITICAL NOTES.—In addition to the danger of being ensnared by idolatry, after their settlement in Canaan, Israel might fall into pride and forget God in the enjoyment of its products. To guard agains...
EXPOSITION FURTHER EXHORTATION TO OBEDIENCE, ENFORCED BY A REVIEW OF GOD'S DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS. Deu
And all the commandments which I command thee this day you shall observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land. And thou shalt remember all the way the LORD thy God le...
Deuteronomy 29:5; Matthew 26:25; Nehemiah 9:21...
LEST WE FORGET Deuteronomy 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember a verse which reads, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for in...