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Deuteronomy 8:2Deut.8.2

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Souviens-toi de tout le chemin que l'Eternel, ton Dieu, t'a fait faire pendant ces quarante années dans le désert, afin de t'humilier et de t'éprouver, pour savoir quelles étaient les dispositions de ton coeur et si tu garderais ou non ses commandements.

KJV

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia

    ] καὶ τὸ G 25 6 GFN: om. MAH ἄνθρωπος] ἀνὴρ N 19—108,6 N fol. 150r: ἄρα οὑν οὐκ — παραδείσου. θεοῦ“ (Deut. 8,2. 3) ; τίς οὖν οὕτως ἀνόσιός ἐστιν, ὡς ὑπολαβεῖν κακωτὴν τὸν θεὸν καὶ λιμόν, οἴκτιστον ὄλεθρον, ἐπάγοντα τοῖς ἄνευ τροφῆς ζῆν μὴ δυναμένοις; ἀγαθὸς γὰρ καὶ ἀγαθῶν αἴτιος,…

  • Philo Judaeus

    De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)

    ν τῆς φύσεως χάριτας — ἰδοὺ γοῦν καὶ τοὺς προγόνους ἐν ἐρήμῳ ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα διέθρεψεν. 17 sqq. cf. Deut. 8,2 sqq. ἀλλὰ μικρὰ φροντίζοντες τῶν χορηγουμένων τὸν χορηγὸν θαυμάζωσι καὶ προσκυνῶσι καὶ τοῖς ἁρμόττουσιν ὕμνοις καὶ εὐδαιμονισμοῖς γεραίρωσιν. ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα τῆς νηστείας ἄγε…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 208 (Migne)

    an. XIII) . Tale est illud in [Col. 0450A] lege de populo Israelitico. Ut tentem [Note: [Col. 0449] Deut. VIII, 2, seu XIII, 3, ut notant Benedictini; quod nobis non arridet.] , inquit, eos, utrum custodiant mandata mea an non (Exod. XVI) . Cognoscere ergo dicitur, id est cognos…

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