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Deuteronomy 8:3
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英語原文
But by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord - literally, "every outgoing of the mouth of the Lord." Compare Deuteronomy 29:5-6. The term "word" is inserted by the King James Version after the Septuagint, which is followed by Matthew and Luke (see the marginal references). On the means of subsistence available to the people during the wandering, see Numbers 20:1 note. The lesson was taught, that it is not nature which nourishes man, but God the Creator by and through nature: and generally that God is not tied to the particular channels ("bread only," i. e. the ordinary means of earthly sustenance) through which He is usually pleased to work.
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Deuteronomy 8:4
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他們在四十年之初，看來已有充裕的衣服（比較 Exodus 12:34-35）；在那些年間，他們又有許多羊群牛群，因此必有大量製衣的材料隨時可用。無疑，他們也像交易其他貨品一樣，與摩押人及曠野的遊牧部族交易這些物品。即使這些尋常的供應有時得到神特殊的眷佑所補充——他們的食物顯然就是如此——這些普通的來源也不可一概不論。
英語原文
They had clothes, it would seem, in abundance (compare Exodus 12:34-35) at the beginning of the 40 years; and during those years they had many sheep and oxen, and so must have had much material for clothing always at command. No doubt also they carried on a traffic in these, as in other commodities, with the Moabites and the nomadic tribes of the desert. Such ordinary supplies must not be shut out of consideration, even if they were on occasions supplemented by extraordinary providences of God, as was undoubtedly the case with their food.
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Deuteronomy 8:7
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見 Exodus 3:8 的註釋，以及 Deuteronomy 11:10-11 所表達巴勒斯坦與埃及之間的對比。
摩西說話之時，像巴勒斯坦這樣一個地方的天然特性與優點，對以色列人來說想必十分陌生：比較 Deuteronomy 3:25 的註釋。若在更早的時期稱許應許之地的富饒與美好，必會加深百姓因滯留曠野而生的埋怨與躁動；如今這話卻鼓勵他們，使他們能更欣然地面對將從迦南居民而來的抵抗。
英語原文
See Exodus 3:8 note, and the contrast expressed in Deuteronomy 11:10-11, between Palestine and Egypt.
The physical characteristics and advantages of a country like Palestine must have been quite strange to Israel at the time Moses was speaking: compare Deuteronomy 3:25 note. To have praised the fertility and excellence of the promised land at an earlier period would have increased the murmurings and impatience of the people at being detained in the wilderness: whereas now it encouraged them to encounter with more cheerfulness the opposition that they would meet from the inhabitants of Canaan.
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Deuteronomy 8:8
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葡萄樹——敘利亞與巴勒斯坦盛產葡萄酒一事，在圖特摩斯三世（Thotmosis III）戰役的埃及記錄中有詳細記載。埃及本土只出產少量葡萄酒。近代以來，巴勒斯坦的葡萄酒生產已逐漸停止（約當 1880 年代）。
英語原文
Vines - The abundance of wine in Syria and Palestine is dwelt upon in the Egyptian records of the campaigns of Thotmosis III. Only a little wine is produced in Egypt itself. The production of wine has in later times gradually ceased in Palestine (circa 1880's).
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Deuteronomy 8:9
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「黃銅」應改讀為「銅」（Genesis 4:22 註釋）；並可比較 Job 28:1-11 對採礦工作的描述。採礦之事似乎並未在猶太人中廣泛進行，倒是被他們逐出的迦南各民族確實曾從事採礦。近代的旅行者在利巴嫩和這地的許多地方，都發現了煉鐵與煉銅工作的遺跡；例如亞珥歌伯全境（見 Deuteronomy 3:4 註釋）就蘊藏著豐富的鐵礦石。
英語原文
For brass read copper (Genesis 4:22 note); and compare the description of mining operations in Job 28:1-11. Mining does not seem to have been extensively carried on by the Jews, though it certainly was by the Canaanite peoples displaced by them. Traces of iron and copper works have been discovered by modern travelers in Lebanon and many parts of the country; e. g., the district of Argob (see Deuteronomy 3:4 notes) contains iron-stone in abundance.
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Deuteronomy 8:15
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應譯作：「引你經過那大而可怕的曠野、火蛇與蠍子、以及乾旱無水之地的一位。」關於火蛇，請參看民 21:6 的註釋。
英語原文
Render: "Who brought thee through that great and terrible wilderness, the fiery serpent and the scorpion, and the dry land where are no waters." On the fiery serpents see Numbers 21:6 note.
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Deuteronomy 8:16
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使你終久享福——這在此被陳述為神待人之作為的結果。
英語原文
To do thee good at thy latter end - This is presented as the result of God's dealings.
乃靠耶和華口裡所出的一切話——直譯為「耶和華口中的每一出言」。比較 Deuteronomy 29:5-6。「話」一詞是英王詹姆斯譯本依照七十士譯本加入的，馬太與路加也隨從此譯（見旁註參考）。關於百姓在漂流期間可賴以維生的手段，見 Numbers 20:1 的註釋。這裡教導的功課是：滋養人的不是自然界，而是藉著並透過自然界施行養育的創造主神；更概括地說，神並不受祂通常樂於藉以作工的特定渠道（「單靠食物」，即地上養生的尋常手段）所束縛。