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15 the one leading you in the great and terrible desert infested with dangerous[a] snakes[b] and scorpions[c] and parched ground, where there is[d] no water, and the one bringing out water for you from flint rock, 16 the one feeding you[e] manna in the desert, food that your ancestors[f] did not know, in order to humble you and in order to test you so that he could do good to you in the future.[g] 17 And you may think[h] in your heart, ‘My strength and the might of my hand acquired this wealth for[i] me.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 8:15 Literally “burning”
  2. Deuteronomy 8:15 Hebrew “snake”
  3. Deuteronomy 8:15 Hebrew “scorpion”
  4. Deuteronomy 8:15 Or “was”
  5. Deuteronomy 8:16 Literally “causing you to eat”
  6. Deuteronomy 8:16 Or “fathers”
  7. Deuteronomy 8:16 Literally “in the end/later”
  8. Deuteronomy 8:17 Or “say”
  9. Deuteronomy 8:17 Literally “gave this wealth to”