Deuteronomy 29:5

New American Bible - revised edition

it was not bread that you ate, nor wine or beer that you drank—so that you might know that I, the Lord, am your God.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:21

Forty years in the desert you sustained them: they did not want; Their garments did not become worn, and their feet did not swell.

Psalm 78:24

God rained manna upon them for food; grain from heaven he gave them.

Exodus 6:7

I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God; and you will know that I, the Lord, am your God who has freed you from the burdens of the Egyptians

Exodus 7:7

Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh. The Staff Turned into a Serpent.

Numbers 14:33

while your children will wander for forty years, suffering for your infidelity, till the last of you lies dead in the wilderness.

Matthew 10:10

no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick. The laborer deserves his keep.

Deuteronomy 1:3

In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the Israelites according to all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to them,

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember how for these forty years the Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the wilderness, so as to test you by affliction, to know what was in your heart: to keep his commandments, or not.

Deuteronomy 8:3

He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna, a food unknown to you and your ancestors, so you might know that it is not by bread alone that people live, but by all that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 8:4

The clothing did not fall from you in tatters, nor did your feet swell these forty years.

Joshua 9:13

Here are our wineskins, which were new when we filled them, but now they are torn. Look at our garments and sandals; they are worn out from the very long journey.”

Joshua 9:5

They wore old, patched sandals and shabby garments; and all the bread they took was dry and crumbly.