Deuteronomy 29:5

Deu 29:5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Ver. 5. Your clothes.] {See Trapp on "Deu 8:4"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Deu 29:5-6. Your clothes waxed not old — See on Deu 8:4.

Ye have not eaten bread — Common bread purchased by your own money, procured by your own labour, or made by your own hands, but heavenly and angelical bread. Neither have ye drunk wine — But only water out of the rock, and the water was made both pleasant and refreshing. The meaning is, that they were not nourished by the ordinary means of sustenance, but were constantly supported by a miraculous supply from God, who graciously fed them for a course of years without any labour of their own. That I am the Lord — That I am Jehovah, that is, the Being who can bring to pass whatever I will, (see on Exo 6:3,) omnipotent and all-sufficient to provide for you without the help of any creatures, and your God, in covenant with you, who have a true affection to you, and a fatherly care of you.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

With the appeal to the gracious guidance of Israel by God through the desert, the address of Moses passes imperceptibly into an address from the Lord, just as in Deu 11:14. (On Deu 29:5, Deu 29:6, vid., Deu 8:3-4; on Deu 29:7, vid., Deu 2:26., and Deu 3:1. and Deu 3:12.).

Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)

Verse 5. Your clothes are not waxen old] See Clarke on De 8:4.

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(5) See on Deu_8:4.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

5. I have led you, etc.] So Amo_2:10; cp. above Deu_2:7, Deu_8:2. I, here the speaker’s personality, is merged in that of the Deity; for other instances see on Deu_7:4. But LXX has ἤγαγεν.

your clothes, etc.] Varied from Deu_8:4. With Sam. LXX read your shoes and your feet.

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And I have led you forty years in the wilderness,.... From the time of their coming out of Egypt unto that day, which though not quite complete, is given as a round number. Eupolemus (d), an Heathen writer, confirms this date of the ministry of Moses among the Israelites; he says, Moses performed the office of a prophet forty years:

your clothes are not waxen old upon you: were not worn out; all those forty years they had been in the wilderness, they had never wanted clothes fitting for them, according to their age and stature, and which decayed not; See Gill on Deu 8:4,

and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot; which were necessary to wear in travelling, and especially in a rugged wilderness; and yet, thought they had been always in use during so long a time, were not worn out, which was really miraculous; See Gill on Deu 8:4.

(d) Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 30. p. 447.

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So far that it was necessary for you to throw them away, and to get new ones. See on "Deu 8:4".

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

5. Forty years in the wilderness — Comp. Deu_1:3; Deu_8:2.

Your clothes are not waxen old — See note on Deu_8:4.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Having referred to the gracious dealing of God with them in the wilderness, Moses introduces Jehovah himself as speaking to them. (cf. Deu_11:14 On vers. 5 and 6, see Deu_8:3, Deu_8:4; and on vers. 7 and 8, see Deu_2:26, etc.; 3:1, etc.)

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I have led you

Yahweh is speaking to the people of Israel.

forty years

"40 years" (See: Numbers)

your sandals ... your feet

Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the word "your" here is singular. (See: Forms of You)

other alcoholic drinks

Alcoholic drinks made probably from fermented grains. They were not distilled liquors.

translationWords

desert

sandal

bread

wine

know

God

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

YE HAVE NOT EATEN BREAD, NEITHER HAVE YE DRUNK WINE OR STRONG DRINK. The meaning thereof is “You have not eaten [sufficiently] thereof that you should be able to live by it,” for their principal sustenance was the manna. THAT YE MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM THE ETERNAL YOUR G-D Who keeps you alive miraculously. Now, it could not mean that they did not eat bread at all, as Scripture [says of Moses], I did neither eat bread nor drink water for on some occasions Israel did have bread in the wilderness, as it is written, Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink; as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me., 2:28-29. And our Rabbis mentioned that the merchants of the peoples of the world brought them [various foods] in the desert.It is further possible that from the time the manna descended until they came to Seir they did not eat bread at all, for they travelled through the great and dreadful wilderness. But in the fortieth year they approached inhabited land, and it was said to them, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau;, 2:4. Ye shall purchase food of them., Verse 6. There it is written, these forty years the Eternal thy G-d hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing., Verse 7. And from that time on, the Edomites and the Moabites met them with food and drink and prominent Israelites would buy from them for pleasure, not for necessity, nor for satiety, because their principal sustenance was [still] the manna.Nitzavim

Ramban (Nachmanides) on the Tanakh — English translation: “Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.