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Text -- Deuteronomy 8:9-20 (NET)
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8:9 a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything , a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper .
8:10 You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you.
Exhortation to Remember That Blessing Comes from God
8:11 Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments , ordinances , and statutes that I am giving you today .
8:12 When you eat your fill , when you build and occupy good houses ,
8:13 when your cattle and flocks increase , when you have plenty of silver and gold , and when you have abundance of everything ,
8:14 be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt , the place of slavery ,
8:15 and who brought you through the great , fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions , an arid place with no water . He made water flow from a flint rock and
8:16 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.
8:17 Be careful not to say , “My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth .”
8:18 You must remember the Lord your God , for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth ; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors , even as he has to this day .
8:19 Now if you forget the Lord your God at all and follow other gods , worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated .
8:20 Just like the nations the Lord is about to destroy from your sight , so he will do to you because you would not obey him .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Obligation |
Moses |
Obedience |
Riches |
Prosperity |
Pride |
Blessing |
Temptation |
Backsliders |
Forgetting God |
Serpent |
Ingratitude |
Copper |
BRASS |
WEALTH, WEALTHY |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Flint |
Iron |
Scorpion |
METALS |
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NET Notes: Deu 8:9 A land whose stones are iron. Since iron deposits are few and far between in Palestine, the reference here is probably to iron ore found in mines as o...
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NET Notes: Deu 8:14 The words “be sure” are not in the Hebrew text; vv. 12-14 are part of the previous sentence. For stylistic reasons a new sentence was star...
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NET Notes: Deu 8:15 Heb “the one who brought out for you water.” In the Hebrew text this continues the preceding sentence, but the translation begins a new se...
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NET Notes: Deu 8:18 Smr and Lucian add “Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” the standard way of rendering this almost stereotypical formula (cf. Deut 1:8; 6:10; 9:5, ...
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NET Notes: Deu 8:19 Heb “if forgetting, you forget.” The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis; the translation indicates this with the words “at all...
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