Deuteronomy 29:5

The Covenant Renewed In Moab

⁴ and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day, ⁵ 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; ⁶ bread ye have not eaten, and wine and strong drink ye have not drunk, so that ye know that I am Jehovah your God.

Fall Away

Forty Years

In the Wilderness

In The Desert

Deuteronomy 8:4

'Thy raiment hath not worn out from off thee, and thy foot hath not swelled these forty years,

Deuteronomy 1:3

And it cometh to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month hath Moses spoken unto the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him concerning them;

Deuteronomy 8:2

and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

Joshua 9:5

and sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry -- it was crumbs.

Joshua 9:13

and these are the wine-bottles which we filled, new, and lo, they have rent; and these, our garments and our sandals, have become old, from the exceeding greatness of the way.'

Nehemiah 9:21

and forty years Thou hast nourished them in a wilderness; they have not lacked; their garments have not worn out, and their feet have not swelled.

Matthew 6:31-32

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round?

Matthew 10:10

nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.