Thematic Bible: Continued forty years
Thematic Bible
journey of israel through the Desert » Continued forty years » As a punishment
Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for 40 years and bear the penalty for your acts of unfaithfulness until all your corpses lie [scattered] in the wilderness. You will bear the consequences of your sins 40 years based on the number of the 40 days that you scouted the land, a year for each day. You will know My displeasure.
journey of israel through the Desert » Continued forty years » To teach them to live on God's word
He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Verse Concepts
journey of israel through the Desert » Continued forty years » To prove and humble them, &c
Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.
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