N’oublie jamais tout le chemin que l’Eternel ton Dieu t’a fait parcourir pendant ces quarante ans dans le désert afin de te faire connaître la pauvreté pour t’éprouver. Il a agi ainsi pour découvrir tes véritables dispositions intérieures et savoir si tu allais, ou non, obéir à ses commandements. Oui, il t’a fait connaître la pauvreté et la faim, et il t’a nourri avec cette manne[a] que tu ne connaissais pas et que tes ancêtres n’avaient pas connue. De cette manière, il voulait t’apprendre que l’homme ne vit pas seulement de pain, mais aussi de toute parole prononcée par l’Eternel[b]. Le vêtement que tu portais ne s’est pas usé sur toi et tes pieds ne se sont pas enflés pendant ces quarante ans. Ainsi, en y réfléchissant, tu reconnaîtras que l’Eternel ton Dieu fait ton éducation comme un père éduque son enfant.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.3 Voir Ex 16.31.
  2. 8.3 Cité en Mt 4.4 ; Lc 4.4.

Remember how the Lord your God led(A) you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test(B) you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled(C) you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna,(D) which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach(E) you that man does not live on bread(F) alone but on every word that comes from the mouth(G) of the Lord.(H) Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.(I) Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.(J)

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And you shall remember that the Lord your God (A)led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and (B)test you, (C)to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, (D)allowed you to hunger, and (E)fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall (F)not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. (G)Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. (H)You should [a]know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 8:5 consider