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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:3

Not bread, but God's Word. The lesson of the manna gathered up into one concise sentence. It teaches us— I. TO SEE GOD IN SECONDARY CAUSES . The Word of God is as truly the creative and nourishing principle in ordinary bread as it was in the extraordinary supply of manna. It is not bread, as something subsisting independently, but bread as the product of Divine power, and as possessing properties which the Word of God imparts to it and upholds in it, which is the staff of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 8:3

But by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord - literally, “every outgoing of the mouth of the Lord.” Compare Deuteronomy 29:5-6. The term “word” is inserted by the King James Version after the Septuagint, which is followed by Matthew and Luke (see the marginal references). On the means of subsistence available to the people during the wandering, see Numbers 20:1 note. The lesson was taught, that it is not nature which nourishes man, but God the Creator by and through nature:... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 8:3

Deuteronomy 8:3. By every word of the Lord doth man live By every, or any thing which God appoints and blesses for this end, how unlikely soever it may seem to be for the support and nourishment of the human frame. For it is not the creature, without God, that is sufficient for the support of life; it is only his command and blessing that makes it sufficient. We ought not, therefore, to fix our dependance, as we are prone to do, on natural causes, but to remember that we depend, absolutely,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 8:1-20

The promised land (7:1-8:20)Israel’s responsibility was to destroy the people of Canaan along with everything connected with their religion, so that nothing would remain in the land that might corrupt God’s people (7:1-5). Israel’s favoured place as God’s chosen people was not an excuse for them to do as they liked, but a reason for them to avoid corruption and be holy. If they were disobedient, they would surely be punished (6-11). But if they were obedient, they would enjoy the blessings of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 8:3

manna. See note on Exodus 16:31 . man. Hebrew. 'adam. This verse quoted by Christ. Matthew 4:4 .Luke 4:4 . by. Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-6 ) = "by [eating] bread". bread = food, by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6 , by every. Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-6 ) = "by [keeping] every word": or by obeying. mouth. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 8:3

Ver. 3. That he might make thee know— See Matthew 4:3. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 8:1-6

God humbled the Israelites in the sense that He sought to teach them to have a realistic awareness of their dependence on Himself for all their needs. This is true humility. God’s provision of manna to eat and clothing to wear should have taught the people that they were dependent on His provision for all their needs, not just food and clothing.What proceeds from God’s mouth (Deuteronomy 8:3) does not refer to the spoken revelations of God exclusively but, more comprehensively, to all that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Warning against pride and forgetfulness of God ch. 8"Two important lessons from the past are now referred to. First, the experience of God’s care in the wilderness period, when the people of Israel were unable to help themselves, taught them the lesson of humility through the Lord’s providential discipline. The memory of that experience should keep them from pride in their own achievements amid the security and prosperity of the new land (Deuteronomy 8:1-20)." [Note: Thompson, p. 134.] The... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Practical Exhortations (continued)The people are reminded of God’s goodness to them at the time of the exodus and during their sojourn in the wilderness. They are exhorted to humility and obedience, and warned against worshipping strange gods.2, 3. The events of the wanderings were intended to teach Israel humility and dependenee on God alone: see on Deuteronomy 7:19. 3. Which thou knewest not] see Exodus 16:15. But by every word, etc.] If necessary God can sustain human life apart from the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 8:3

(3) And he . . . suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee.—A process naturally humbling. He might easily have fed them without “suffering them to hunger.” But He did not give them the manna until the sixteenth day of the second month of the journey (see Exodus 16:1; Exodus 16:6-7); and for one whole month they were left to their own resources. When it appeared that the people had no means of providing sustenance during their journey, “they saw the glory of the Lord” in the way in which He fed... read more