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God, Not Bread, Is Our Source
Commentators explain that God allowed the Israelites to hunger before providing manna to teach a crucial lesson: life is sustained by God's power and will, not just by physical food. The phrase 'every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord' refers to God's direct, sustaining power. This was a lesson to trust the invisible God over visible resources, a principle that frees us from materialism and anxiety about our daily needs.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 8:3
18th Century
Theologian
But by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord - literally, “every outgoing of the mouth of the Lord.” Compare ([Re…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 8:3
19th Century
Bishop
And he ... suffered you to hunger, and fed you. — This was a process that was naturally humbling. He might easily have fe…
Charles Spurgeon
On Deuteronomy 8:3
19th Century
Preacher
And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know.
What a wonderful sequence there is i…
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John Calvin
On Deuteronomy 8:3
16th Century
Theologian
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger. Since they were sometimes made to suffer hunger in the wilderness, he proves the advanta…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 8:3
17th Century
Pastor
And he humbled thee
Or afflicted you with want of bread:
and suffered thee to hunger
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 8:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Obedience must be:
- Careful, to observe and do;
- Universal, to do all the commandments; and
- From a good principle, wit…