Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
- KJV Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
- NKJV Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.
- NASB Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.
- NLT For all these forty years your clothes didn’t wear out, and your feet didn’t blister or swell.
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Quick answer
For forty years Israel's clothing did not wear out and their feet did not swell. God's sustaining care met their needs throughout the journey.
Overview
This quiet miracle shows God's faithful, daily provision even in basic things like clothing and health. His care covered not only food but every necessity of the long journey. Such providence assures believers that God knows and supplies their needs, as Christ taught when he pointed to God's care for his children.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Deut 29:5For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.
- Neh 9:21For 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.
- Matt 26:25–30Then Judas, who would betray Him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said it yourself.”
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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