...their fathers knew not ; that every link of their dependency on earth might be broken, and they might " know that man doth not live by bread only, but by...proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live." He taught them that He had Himself a deep interest in their We } that He took the conservation of it...

...word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God :" the same in Lnkv iv. 4, compared with Deut, viii. 3, " And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger,...fathers know ; that he might make thee know, that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth...

...promise. The expression " going forth," or proceeding, is applied to speech, as when it is said, " Man doth not live by bread only, but " by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of " the Lord."8 And together with the word of promise and of grace, the Messiah himself goes forth in the word,...

...wilderness, to humble thee and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no : and he humbled thee,...neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee to know, that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of...

...could not maintain them by its produce; but they were fed by miracle ; " He humbled thee, and sitffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou...might make thee know, that man doth not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." This reply therefore repelled the...

...offered by Balak, went out, being desired to curse Israel. — Num. xxii. He fed thee with manna, &c. that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but, &c. thy raiment waxed not old, &c. The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, &c. wherein thou...

...children of Israel were sore afraid, &c.— Exod. xiv. 4. 9, 10. 17, 18. He fed thee with manna, &c. that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread ouly, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. — Dent. viii....

...wilderness. It is evident that the Israelites never saw it before, for Moses says, Deut. viii. 3, 16. " He fed thee with manna which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know :" and it is very likely that nothing of the kind had ever been seen before ; and by a pot of it being...

...thee, to " know what was in thine heart, whe" ther thou wouldest keep his com" mandments, or no. 3. And he " humbled thee, and suffered thee to " hunger, and fed thee with (r) man" na which thou knewest not, neither " did thy fathers know, that he might " make thee know...

...the body is nourished with meat, " so is the soul with the word of God»: as St. Matthew saith, " A man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that Matt. HIV. " cometh from the mouth of God. This is then the ordinary " way to keep us in the fear of...