Deuteronômio 8

Deuteronômio 8

Utley - SPECIAL TOPIC: POSSESS THE LAND This VERB (BDB 439, KB 441, Qal PERFECT) is used repeatedly in connection with: 1. YHWH’s promise/oath to the Patriarchs (cf. Dt 1:8; 10:11) 2. Israel acting on these promises and invading the land (cf. Dt 2:24; 3:18–20) 3. It parallels “inheritance” (Dt 3:28) 4. Israel must obey the covenant so as to maintain possession of the land (cf. Dt 4:1, 5, 14; 6:1; 8:1; 11:8–9, 26–32) Deuteronomy 8:2 "You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. remember: De 7:18 Ps 77:11 106:7 Eph 2:11,12 2Pe 1:12,13 3:1,2 led you: De 1:3,33 Dt 2:7 Dt 29:5 Ps 136:16 Amos 2:10 humble: 2Ch 32:25,26 33:12,19 Job 33:17 42:5,6 Isa 2:17 Lu 18:14 Jas 4:6,10 1Pe 5:5,6 testing you: De 8:16 13:3 Ge 22:1 Ex 15:25 16:4 2Ch 32:31 Ps 81:7 Pr 17:3 Mal 3:2,3 Jas 1:3 1Pe 1:6-7 to know: Jer 17:9,10 John 2:25 Rev 2:23 Deuteronomy 8 Resources Related Passages: Deuteronomy 5:15 ‘You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day. Deuteronomy 7:18 you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years - First generation needed to remember the 40 years in the wilderness. Remember in Deuteronomy - Deut. 4:10; Deut. 5:15; Deut. 7:18; Deut. 8:2; Deut. 8:18; Deut. 9:7; Deut. 9:27; Deut. 15:15; Deut. 16:3; Deut. 16:12; Deut. 24:9; Deut. 24:18; Deut. 24:22; Deut. 25:17; Deut. 32:7; Forget - Dt 4:9, Dt 4:23, Dt 4:31, Dt 6:12, Dt 8:11, Dt 8:14, Dt 8:19, Dt 9:7, Dt 24:19, Dt 25:19, Dt 26:13, Dt 31:21, Dt 32:18 LORD your God - Moses continually emphasizes that Yahweh is Israel's God (279 times in 239 verses out of 396 times in the entire OT! More that 50% of uses in one book!). Uses in chapter 8 - Deut. 8:2; Deut. 8:5; Deut. 8:6; Deut. 8:7; Deut. 8:10; Deut. 8:11; Deut. 8:14; Deut. 8:18; Deut. 8:19; Deut. 8:20 MEMORY OF PAST ACTS OF GOD FUELS ACTION IN PRESENT That - This introduces a purpose clause. He might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep (shamar) His commandments or not. - Even before Israel arrived at Mt Sinai to receive the Old Covenant, God humbled them by allowing them to go hungry. The Hebrew word humble means to afflict or send affliction. So first note very carefully that it was God Himself Who allowed/sent the affliction. The affliction or humbling was God's test of the people, specifically it was His "heart check up" or as one version (NLT) says His way of testing their character. In the present context, God humbled (afflicted) them by letting them go hungry, while at other times He tested them by allowing them to go thirsty. Then the text says the purpose was to see whether you would keep His commandments or not. The question arises "What commandments," because they had not even arrived at Mt Sinai to receive the "Ten Commandments?" We will explain this in the comment on the verse 3. Wiersbe on in your heart - God knows what's in the hearts of His children, but His children don't always know—or want to know. "And all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and the hearts" (Rev. 2:23NKJV). Life is a school (Ps. 90:12) and we often don't know what the lesson was until we failed the examination! People sometimes say, "Well, I know my own heart," but the frightening fact is that we don't know our own hearts. "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?" (Jer. 17:9NIV) How we respond to the tests of life reveals what's really in our hearts, especially when those tests involve the everyday experience of life. The people of Israel were frequently hungry and thirsty and weary from the journey, and it was on those occasions that they became fretful and critical. The devil tempts us to bring out the worst in us, but God tests us to bring out the best in us. When God allows a difficult circumstance to test us, we will either trust Him and become more mature, or we will tempt Him and become more miserable. The difference? Believing the promises of God and relying on the Lord to care for us and bring us through for His glory and our good. (Be Equipped) Deere - When Moses said that God tested the Israelites in order to know what was in their hearts he was using an anthropomorphism. God, of course, already knew what was in their hearts. The point is that their obedience or disobedience had to be proven in history. (Bible Knowledge Commentary) J