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Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I have led you in the wilderness for forty years; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I have led you in the wilderness forty years; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes and the sandals on your feet did not wear out;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I led you 40 years in the wilderness; your clothes and the sandals on your feet did not wear out;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />For 40 years I led you through the desert. During that time your clothes and shoes never wore out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />For forty years the LORD led you through the desert, and your clothes and sandals never wore out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Though I've led you for 40 years in the desert, neither your clothes nor your shoes have worn out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out nor have your sandals deteriorated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your shoes have not worn out on your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes have not become old upon you, and thy shoe hath not become old upon thy foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not grown old on you, and your sandals have not grown old on your feet. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I cause you to go in a wilderness [for] forty years; your garments have not been consumed from off you, and your shoe has not worn away from off your foot;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and I cause you to go forty years in a wilderness; your garments have not been consumed from off you, and thy shoe hath not worn away from off thy foot;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I shall lead you forty years in the desert: your garments did not fall away from you, and thy shoe was not warn away from thy foot.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He hath brought you forty years through the desert: your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He led you for forty years through the desert. Your garments have not been worn out, nor have the shoes on your feet been consumed by age.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not fall from you in tatters nor your sandals from your feet;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I have led you forty years in the wilderness. The clothes on your back have not worn out, and the sandals on your feet have not worn out;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not worn out upon you and your shoes are not worn out upon your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your garments are not worn out by you and your shoes are not worn out from your feet.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he led you forty years in the wilderness; your garments did not grow old, and your sandals were not worn away off your feet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/29-5.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=8073" 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/29.htm">The Covenant in Moab</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">For forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">years</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wā·’ō·w·lêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">I led</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">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/8008.htm" title="8008: śal·mō·ṯê·ḵem (N-fpc:: 2mp) -- A wrapper, mantle. Transp. For simlah; a dress.">yet your clothes</a> <a href="/hebrew/5275.htm" title="5275: wə·na·‘al·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A sandal, shoe. Or na;alah; from na'al; properly, a sandal tongue; by extens. A sandal or slipper.">and sandals</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1086.htm" title="1086: ḇā·lə·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To become old, wear out. A primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep-m:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·le·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda."></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.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1086.htm" title="1086: ḇā·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To become old, wear out. A primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay.">wear out.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.…<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="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a></span><br />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="/exodus/16-35.htm">Exodus 16:35</a></span><br />The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a></span><br />For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4</a></span><br />Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24-25</a></span><br />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="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40-41</a></span><br />They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. / He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34-39</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing. / Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. / And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">Exodus 13:21-22</a></span><br />And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night. / Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-19.htm">Exodus 14:19-20</a></span><br />And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them, / so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Exodus 15:22-25</a></span><br />Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water. / And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.) / So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” ...<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="/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="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-4</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old on you, and your shoe is not waxen old on your foot.</p><p class="hdg">I have led</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-3.htm">Deuteronomy 1:3</a></b></br> And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first <i>day</i> of the month, <i>that</i> Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;</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">your clothes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4</a></b></br> Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a></b></br> Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, <i>so that</i> they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/6-31.htm">Matthew 6:31,32</a></b></br> Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? … </p><p class="hdg">and thy shoe</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/9-5.htm">Joshua 9:5,13</a></b></br> And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry <i>and</i> mouldy… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/10-10.htm">Matthew 10:10</a></b></br> Nor scrip for <i>your</i> journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/7-9.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-11.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-17.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-17.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-13.htm">Led</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-10.htm">Sandal</a> <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Sandals</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-10.htm">Shoe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-49.htm">Waxen</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-32.htm">Wear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-24.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/7-8.htm">Backs</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-9.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/joshua/7-6.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/joshua/9-5.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Led</a> <a href="/joshua/5-15.htm">Sandal</a> <a href="/joshua/5-15.htm">Sandals</a> <a href="/joshua/5-15.htm">Shoe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-20.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-20.htm">Waxen</a> <a href="/judges/8-24.htm">Wear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/joshua/9-4.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-1.htm">Moses exhorts them to obedience, reminding of the works they had seen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">The great wrath on him who flatters himself in his wickedness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Secret things belong unto God</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/29.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/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For forty years I led you in the wilderness</b><br>This phrase refers to the period of Israel's wandering in the desert after their exodus from Egypt. The number forty is significant in the Bible, often symbolizing a period of testing, trial, or probation. This time in the wilderness was a formative period for the Israelites, during which they learned to rely on God for sustenance and guidance. The wilderness journey is a backdrop for many of the lessons and laws given in the Pentateuch, emphasizing God's faithfulness and the people's need for obedience. The wilderness itself, likely the Sinai Peninsula, was a harsh environment, underscoring the miraculous nature of their survival.<p><b>yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out</b><br>This miraculous preservation of clothing and footwear is a testament to God's provision and care for His people. In a natural sense, the harsh conditions of the wilderness would have quickly worn out any material goods. This preservation is a sign of God's supernatural intervention, ensuring that the Israelites' basic needs were met. It serves as a reminder of God's ability to sustain His people beyond natural means. This miracle is also mentioned in <a href="/deuteronomy/8-4.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4</a> and <a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a>, reinforcing the theme of divine provision. The preservation of clothing can be seen as a type of Christ, who provides for our spiritual needs and covers us with His righteousness.<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 is speaking to the people in this passage, reminding them of God's provision during their journey in the wilderness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and wandered in the wilderness for forty years.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert region where the Israelites wandered for forty years as a result of their disobedience and lack of faith.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>The miraculous sustenance provided by God, including the preservation of clothing and sandals, as a sign of His faithfulness and care.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_renewal.htm">Covenant Renewal</a></b><br>The context of this passage is a renewal of the covenant between God and the Israelites, emphasizing obedience and remembrance of God's past faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Reflect on how God has been faithful in your life, providing for your needs even in difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_provision.htm">Trust in Provision</a></b><br>Just as God provided for the Israelites, trust that He will meet your needs today. Consider areas where you need to rely more on God's provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_gratitude.htm">Remembrance and Gratitude</a></b><br>Regularly remember and give thanks for God's past provisions, which strengthens faith and trust in His future care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_covenant.htm">Obedience and Covenant</a></b><br>Recognize the importance of obedience to God's commands as a response to His faithfulness and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment.htm">Contentment</a></b><br>Cultivate a heart of contentment, knowing that God provides what is necessary for your journey, just as He did for the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/(deut_29_5)_how_did_clothes_last_40_years.htm">(Deut 29:5) How could clothing and sandals remain intact for 40 years in the wilderness without decaying? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/deut._8_4__can_clothes_last_40_years.htm">Deuteronomy 8:4 – Is it believable, from a physical standpoint, that clothing and footwear remained intact for four decades? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_1m_israelites_survive_40_years.htm">How could over a million Israelites survive in the desert for 40 years without leaving archaeological evidence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_israelites_survive_without_bread.htm">(Deut 29:6) If the Israelites lacked basic provisions like bread and wine, how did they realistically survive in the harsh desert environment? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) See on <a href="/deuteronomy/8-4.htm" title="Your raiment waxed not old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.">Deuteronomy 8:4</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - Having referred to the gracious dealing of God with them in the wilderness, Moses introduces Jehovah himself as speaking to them (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-14.htm">Deuteronomy 11:14</a>). (On vers. 5 and 6, see <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3, 4</a>; and on vers. 7 and 8, see <a href="/deuteronomy/2-26.htm">Deuteronomy 2:26</a>, etc.; Deuteronomy 3:1, etc.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/29-5.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">During the forty</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבָּעִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·bā·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">years</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁנָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I led</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ō·w·lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the wilderness,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר</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">neither your clothes</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(śal·mō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8008.htm">Strong's 8008: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wrapper, mantle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nor the sandals</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנַֽעַלְךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(wə·na·‘al·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5275.htm">Strong's 5275: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sandal tongue, a sandal, slipper</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your feet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wore out;</span><br /><span class="heb">בָל֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1086.htm">Strong's 1086: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fail, to wear out, decay</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">Deuteronomy 29:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/29-5.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 29:5 I have led you forty years (Deut. 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