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8:3 with manna Yahweh provided for Israel’s needs in the wilderness with manna (see Exod 16:15 and note; 16:31–35). Some have argued that manna was a naturally occurring food. Even if this was the case, its provision for nearly 40 years was supernatural (see Deut 8:4).
by all that goes out of the mouth of Yahweh humankind shall live Israel’s hunger and want in the desert functioned as a testing of their faith and as a lesson. Yahweh gave the Israelites manna to reinforce the knowledge that He would provide (see v. 16). The prohibition against hoarding had the same purpose. Violators of this prohibition lacked faith in God (see Exod 16:20, 27).
Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., … Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Dt 8:3). Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.
8:3 Manna (cp. Ex 16:31) was a bread-like substance that the Lord miraculously provided his people as a sign of his loving care and, more importantly, of the fact that Israel must recognize its dependence on him. When Jesus was tempted by Satan to turn stones into bread, he cited this text to remind the enemy that physical bread lasts for a little while and has limited value (Mt 4:4). On another occasion he described himself as the Bread of Life (Jn 6:35).
Merrill, E. H. (2017). Deuteronomy. In E. A. Blum & T. Wax (Eds.), CSB Study Bible: Notes (p. 278). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.
