Now it was after these things that God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham.” “Hineni,” he said.
Deuteronomy 8:2 - Tree of Life Version You are to remember all the way that Adonai your God has led you these 40 years in the wilderness—in order to humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His mitzvot or not. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall [earnestly] remember all the way which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and to prove you, to know what was in your [mind and] heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not. Common English Bible Remember the long road on which the LORD your God led you during these forty years in the desert so he could humble you, testing you to find out what was in your heart: whether you would keep his commandments or not. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall remember the entire journey along which the Lord your God led you, for forty years through the desert, to afflict you, and to test you, and to make known the things that were turning in your soul, whether or not you would keep his commandments. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee: and that the things that were in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no. |
Now it was after these things that God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham.” “Hineni,” he said.
But when the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, to know all that was in his heart.
In his distress, he entreated Adonai his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
His prayer also, and how God was moved by his entreaty, all his sin and his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherah poles and the carved images before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of Hozai.
“Yet in Your great compassion You did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud by day did not depart from above them, guiding them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, illuminating the way they should go.
in order to turn a man from his conduct and to cover a person’s pride.
Our fathers in Egypt did not ponder Your wonders. Nor did they remember Your abundant lovingkindness, but rebelled by the sea— at the Sea of Reeds.
who led His people through the desert, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
Then I said: “It wounds me— that the right hand of Elyon has changed.”
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, his hands were set free from the basket.
So he cried out to Adonai, and Adonai showed him a tree. When he threw it into the waters, they were made sweet. There He made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there He tested them.
Bnei-Yisrael ate the manna for 40 years. They ate the manna until they came to an inhabited land, when they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
Then Adonai said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. The people will go out and gather a day’s portion every day, so that I can test them to find out whether they will walk according to My Torah or not.
So Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid, for God has come to test you, so that His fear may be in you, so that you do not sin.”
A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but Adonai tests the heart.
The pride of man will be humbled, the arrogance of men abased, for Adonai alone will be exalted in that day.
They did not ask ‘Where is Adonai, who brought us up from the land of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and rifts, through a land of drought and distress, through a land where no one travels, where no one lives?’
I am Adonai your God. Walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances and do them.
It was I also who brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to possess the Amorite’s land.
Your children will be herdsmen in the wilderness for 40 years. They will suffer because of your unfaithfulness until your corpses are consumed in the wilderness.
I tell you, this man, rather than the other, went down to his home declared righteous. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
He did not need anyone to testify about man, for He knew what was in man.
Now Moses spoke to Bnei-Yisrael, according to all Adonai had commanded him for them—in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month,
the One who goes before you on the way to scout out a place for you to camp and to show you the way you should go, in fire by night and in the cloud by day.
and the sign or wonder he spoke to you comes true, while saying, ‘Let’s follow other gods’—that you have not known, and—‘Let’s serve them!’
For Adonai your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand—He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These 40 years Adonai your God has been with you—you have lacked nothing.”’
Bread you have not eaten and wine and strong drink you have not drunk—in order that you may know that I am Adonai your God.
“Remember the days of antiquity, understand the years across generations. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders and they will say to you.
You are not to be afraid of them. You are to be sure to remember what Adonai your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, in order to afflict you and test you, to do you good in the end.
But He gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
These trials are so that the true metal of your faith (far more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire) may come to light in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Messiah Yeshua.
I will also strike her children with a deadly disease. Then all of Messiah’s communities will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your deeds.
in order to test Israel by them, whether or not they will keep the way of Adonai to walk in it as their fathers did.”
They were for testing Israel, to know whether they would obey the mitzvot of Adonai, which He had commanded their fathers by Moses’ hand.