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He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the wilderness <i>it was</i> He who fed you manna which your fathers did not know, in order to humble you and in order to put you to the test, to do good for you in the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He fed you manna in the wilderness, [a substance] which your fathers did not know, so that He might humble you [by dependence on Him] and that He might test you, to do good [things] for you at the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your ancestors had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He also gave you manna, a kind of food your ancestors had never even heard about. The LORD was testing you to make you trust him, so that later on he could be good to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He was the one who fed you in the desert with manna, which your ancestors had never seen. He did this in order to humble you and test you. But he also did this so that things would go well for you in the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In the desert he gave you manna to eat, food that your ancestors had never eaten. He sent hardships on you to test you, so that in the end he could bless you with good things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />and fed you in the desert with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, to humble and test you so that things go well with you later. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />who is causing you to eat manna in the wilderness, which your fathers have not known, in order to humble you, and in order to try you, to do you good in your latter end;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He giving thee to eat manna in the desert which thy fathers knew not, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee to do thee good in thy lost state:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And fed thee in the wilderness with manna which thy fathers knew not. And after he had afflicted and proved thee, at the last he had mercy on thee, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known. And after he had afflicted and tested you, in the very end, he took pity on you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and fed you in the wilderness with manna, a food unknown to your ancestors, that he might afflict you and test you, but also make you prosperous in the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you, and in the end to do you good.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at the end;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he fed you manna in the wilderness, that your fathers had not known, that you would be humbled and he would test you and it would be good for you at your end;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that He might afflict thee, and that He might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2614" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/8.htm">Remember the LORD Your God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint. <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ham·ma·’ă·ḵil·ḵā (Art:: V-Hifil-Prtcpl-msc:: 2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">He fed you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/4478.htm" title="4478: mān (N-ms) -- Manna (a kind of bread). From mah; literally, a whatness, i.e. Manna.">with manna</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">your fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">had not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏə·‘ūn (V-Qal-Perf-3cp:: Pn) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">known,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">in order to</a> <a href="/hebrew/6031.htm" title="6031: ‘an·nō·ṯə·ḵā (V-Piel-Inf:: 2ms) -- To be bowed down or afflicted. A primitive root; to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">humble you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: ū·lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5254.htm" title="5254: nas·sō·ṯe·ḵā (V-Piel-Inf:: 2ms) -- To test, try. A primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt.">and test you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/319.htm" title="319: bə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- The after-part, end. From 'achar; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity.">so that in the end</a> <a href="/hebrew/3190.htm" title="3190: lə·hê·ṭiḇ·ḵā (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 2ms) -- To be good, well, glad, or pleasing. A primitive root; to be make well, literally or figuratively.">He might cause you to prosper.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4-5</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions. / Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-14.htm">Exodus 16:14-15</a></span><br />When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. / When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31-35</a></span><br />Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. / Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” / So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-23.htm">Psalm 78:23-25</a></span><br />Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. / He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Nehemiah 9:20-21</a></span><br />You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. / For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a></span><br />They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7-9</a></span><br />Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. / The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. / When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-5.htm">Numbers 21:5</a></span><br />and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5-6</a></span><br />For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out. / You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-4</a></span><br />They all ate the same spiritual food / and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-58.htm">John 6:58</a></span><br />This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a></span><br />But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-9.htm">Hebrews 3:9-11</a></span><br />where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. / Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’ / So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers knew not, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;</p><p class="hdg">fed thee</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></b></br> And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every <i>word</i> that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/16-15.htm">Exodus 16:15</a></b></br> And when the children of Israel saw <i>it</i>, they said one to another, It <i>is</i> manna: for they wist not what it <i>was</i>. And Moses said unto them, This <i>is</i> the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.</p><p class="hdg">he might</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2</a></b></br> And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, <i>and</i> to prove thee, to know what <i>was</i> in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.</p><p class="hdg">to do thee</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-26.htm">Lamentations 3:26-33</a></b></br> <i>It is</i> good that <i>a man</i> should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/24-5.htm">Jeremiah 24:5,6</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for <i>their</i> good… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a></b></br> And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to <i>his</i> purpose.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-12.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-14.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Manna</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Order</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-14.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-26.htm">Something</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Test</a> <a href="/acts/18-10.htm">Thee</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-16.htm">Try</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-17.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-20.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-17.htm">Hearts</a> <a href="/judges/19-24.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/joshua/5-12.htm">Manna</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-18.htm">Order</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-16.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-8.htm">Prove</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-13.htm">Something</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-8.htm">Test</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-8.htm">Thee</a> <a href="/judges/2-22.htm">Try</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-5.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-1.htm">An exhortation to obedience in regard to God's mercy and goodness to Israel.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He fed you in the wilderness with manna</b><br>This phrase refers to God's miraculous provision for the Israelites during their 40-year journey in the desert after their exodus from Egypt. Manna, described as a fine, flaky substance, appeared each morning and was gathered by the Israelites for sustenance. This daily provision is a testament to God's faithfulness and care, emphasizing His role as the provider. The wilderness experience symbolizes a period of testing and reliance on God, highlighting the importance of spiritual nourishment over physical sustenance. The manna is also seen as a type of Christ, who later refers to Himself as the "bread of life" in <a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a>, drawing a parallel between the physical sustenance provided by manna and the spiritual sustenance He offers.<p><b>that your fathers had not known</b><br>This phrase underscores the uniqueness of the manna as a divine provision that was unprecedented in the history of the Israelites. It signifies a new experience of God's grace and a departure from the familiar, requiring trust and faith in God's provision. The unfamiliarity of manna serves as a reminder of the Israelites' dependence on God rather than on their own understanding or past experiences. This concept is echoed in <a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Isaiah 43:19</a>, where God declares He is doing a new thing, encouraging believers to perceive His ongoing work in their lives.<p><b>in order to humble you and test you</b><br>The purpose of providing manna was not only to sustain the Israelites physically but also to cultivate humility and obedience. The daily gathering of manna required the Israelites to trust in God's provision and timing, teaching them reliance on Him rather than their own efforts. This testing is akin to the refining process described in <a href="/malachi/3-3.htm">Malachi 3:3</a>, where God purifies His people. The wilderness experience is a metaphor for life's trials, which are intended to develop character and deepen faith, as seen in <a href="/james/1-2.htm">James 1:2-4</a>.<p><b>so that in the end He might cause you to prosper</b><br>The ultimate goal of the testing and humbling was to prepare the Israelites for the prosperity they would experience in the Promised Land. This prosperity is not merely material but encompasses spiritual growth and fulfillment of God's promises. The phrase reflects the biblical principle that God disciplines those He loves, as stated in <a href="/hebrews/12-6.htm">Hebrews 12:6-11</a>, with the intention of producing a harvest of righteousness and peace. The prosperity promised is a foreshadowing of the eternal inheritance believers have in Christ, as described in <a href="/ephesians/1-11.htm">Ephesians 1:11-14</a>, where the ultimate prosperity is found in the spiritual blessings and eternal life offered through Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who delivered God's laws and instructions, including the message in Deuteronomy.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were led out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness for 40 years.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert region where the Israelites wandered and were tested by God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/manna.htm">Manna</a></b><br>The miraculous food provided by God to sustain the Israelites during their time in the wilderness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign deity who provided for, tested, and sought to prosper the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites depended on manna, we must rely on God for our daily needs and spiritual sustenance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/purpose_of_testing.htm">Purpose of Testing</a></b><br>God's testing is designed to humble us and strengthen our faith, preparing us for future blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prosperity_through_obedience.htm">Prosperity through Obedience</a></b><br>True prosperity comes from following God's commands and trusting His provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembering_god's_faithfulness.htm">Remembering God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Reflect on past experiences of God's provision to strengthen faith in current and future challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_provision.htm">Humility in Provision</a></b><br>Recognize that all we have is from God, and maintain a humble heart in times of abundance and need.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_test_israelites_if_god_is_omniscient.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 – Why would an omniscient God need to “test” the Israelites if He already knew their hearts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'kingdom_of_god'_in_luke_17_20.htm">Is life more important than food?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_sustains_you_daily,_like_bread.htm">What sustains you daily, like bread?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_avoid_eating_livestock_in_wilderness.htm">Why didn't Israelites eat their livestock in the wilderness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - The grand end of all God's dealings with the Israelites in the desert, both the trials to which they were subjected and the benefits they received, was that he might do them good ultimately. <span class="cmt_word">Thy latter end</span>; not the end of life, as in <a href="/numbers/23-10.htm">Numbers 23:10</a>, but the state ensuing on the termination of their period of discipline and probation in the desert (cf. <a href="/job/8-7.htm">Job 8:7</a>; <a href="/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12</a>; <a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">2 Peter 2:20</a>). God thus dealt with the Israelites as he still deals with his people; he afflicts them not for his pleasure but for their profit (<a href="/hebrews/11-12.htm">Hebrews 11:12</a>); he subjects them to trial and varied discipline that he may fit them for the rest and joy that in the end are to be theirs. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He fed you</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּֽאֲכִ֨לְךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(ham·ma·’ă·ḵil·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the wilderness</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with manna</span><br /><span class="heb">מָן֙</span> <span class="translit">(mān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4478.htm">Strong's 4478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Manna (a kind of bread)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">known,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדְע֖וּן</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏə·‘ūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in order to</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַ֣עַן</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ma·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> </span><span class="str2">Purpose -- intent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">humble you</span><br /><span class="heb">עַנֹּֽתְךָ֗</span> <span class="translit">(‘an·nō·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6031.htm">Strong's 6031: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be bowed down or afflicted</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and test you,</span><br /><span class="heb">נַסֹּתֶ֔ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(nas·sō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5254.htm">Strong's 5254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To test, to attempt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that in the end</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_319.htm">Strong's 319: </a> </span><span class="str2">The last, end, the future, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He might cause you to prosper.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hê·ṭiḇ·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3190.htm">Strong's 3190: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be good, well, glad, or pleasing</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 8:16 Who fed you in the wilderness (Deut. 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