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For the land, where you go in to possess it, isn`t as the land of Egypt, from whence you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs;
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A Land of Divine Dependence
Commentators explain that the Promised Land was fundamentally different from Egypt. While Egypt's fertility relied on human labor and complex irrigation from the Nile, Canaan's fertility depended entirely on God sending rain. This physical reality was designed to teach Israel to rely on God's direct provision rather than their own ingenuity.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Another motive for fidelity is added, namely, the entire dependence of the promised land upon God for its fertility. It was a land flowing with…
19th Century
Anglican
Not as the land of Egypt. —“But much better. And Egypt was praised above all lands, as it is said (Genesis 13:10),
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the land where you go in to possess it The land of Canaan they were about to take possession of:
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