Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn. forty Exodus 16:35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land: with this meat were they fed, until they reached the borders of the land of Chanaan. Numbers 14:33,34 Your children shall wander in the desert forty years, and shall bear your fornication, until the carcasses of their fathers be consumed in the desert, . . . Deuteronomy 2:7 The Lord thy God hath blessed thee in every work of thy hands: the Lord thy God dwelling with thee, knoweth thy journey, how thou hast passed through this great wilderness, for forty years, and thou hast wanted nothing. Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no. Amos 5:25 Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel? Acts 13:18 And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert: their Deuteronomy 8:4 Thy raiment, with which thou wast covered, hath not decayed for age, and thy foot is not worn, lo this is the fortieth year, Deuteronomy 29:5 He hath brought you forty years through the desert: your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age. Psalm 34:10 The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good. Context The People Confess Their Sins…20And thou gavest them thy good Spirit to teach them, and thy manna thou didst not withhold from their mouth, and thou gavest them water for their thirst. 21Forty years didst thou feed them in the desert, and nothing was wanting to them: their garments did not grow old, and their feet were not worn.22And thou gavest them kingdoms, and nations, and didst divide lots for them: and they possessed the land of Sehon, and the land of the king of Hesebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.… Cross References Exodus 16:35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land: with this meat were they fed, until they reached the borders of the land of Chanaan. Deuteronomy 2:7 The Lord thy God hath blessed thee in every work of thy hands: the Lord thy God dwelling with thee, knoweth thy journey, how thou hast passed through this great wilderness, for forty years, and thou hast wanted nothing. Deuteronomy 8:4 Thy raiment, with which thou wast covered, hath not decayed for age, and thy foot is not worn, lo this is the fortieth year, Lexicon For fortyוְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים (wə·’ar·bā·‘îm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's Hebrew 705: Forty years שָׁנָ֛ה (šā·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8141: A year You sustained them כִּלְכַּלְתָּ֥ם (kil·kal·tām) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain in the wilderness, בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech [so that] they lacked חָסֵ֑רוּ (ḥā·sê·rū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 2637: To lack, need, be lacking, decrease nothing. לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no Their clothes שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ (śal·mō·ṯê·hem) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8008: A wrapper, mantle did not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no wear out, בָל֔וּ (ḇā·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1086: To fail, to wear out, decay and their feet וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם (wə·raḡ·lê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda did not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no swell. בָצֵֽקוּ׃ (ḇā·ṣê·qū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1216: To swell up, blister Additional Translations For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.Yes, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. And thou didst sustain them forty years in the wilderness; thou didst not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised. Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not. Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not. "Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn't grow old, and their feet didn't swell. 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. 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