## Deuteronomy Chapter 8

###### Deuteronomy 8:1
[Deuteronomy 8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:1)

כׇּל־הַמִּצְוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּךָ֛ הַיּ֖וֹם תִּשְׁמְר֣וּן לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת לְמַ֨עַן תִּֽחְי֜וּן וּרְבִיתֶ֗ם וּבָאתֶם֙ וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֥ע יְהֹוָ֖ה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The entire *mitzvah* that I am commanding you today, are you to guard so as to fulfill; in order that you live and multiply and arrive to inherit the land that Adonoy swore to your forefathers.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All the commandments which I command thee this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Every mitzvah which I command to you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live and multiply, and come and inherit the land that the L-rd your G-d swore to your fathers.


###### Deuteronomy 8:2
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וְזָכַרְתָּ֣ אֶת־כׇּל־הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹלִֽיכְךָ֜ יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ זֶ֛ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר לְמַ֨עַן עַנֹּֽתְךָ֜ לְנַסֹּֽתְךָ֗ לָדַ֜עַת אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֧ר בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֛ הֲתִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֺתָ֖ו אִם־לֹֽא׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You are to recall the entire way on which Adonoy, your God, led you these forty years in the wilderness; in order to oppress you, to test you, to know what is in your heart—will you guard His commandments or not?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
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 thy heart, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments, or no.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall remember all the way in which the L-rd your G-d led you this forty years in the desert, to afflict you to test you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His mitzvoth [without trying Him or "bethinking yourself" of Him], or not.


###### Deuteronomy 8:3
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וַֽיְעַנְּךָ֮ וַיַּרְעִבֶ֒ךָ֒ וַיַּאֲכִֽלְךָ֤ אֶת־הַמָּן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יָדַ֔עְתָּ וְלֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּן אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן הוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗ כִּ֠י לֹ֣א עַל־הַלֶּ֤חֶם לְבַדּוֹ֙ יִחְיֶ֣ה הָֽאָדָ֔ם כִּ֛י עַל־כׇּל־מוֹצָ֥א פִֽי־יְהֹוָ֖ה יִחְיֶ֥ה הָאָדָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He oppressed you and made you hungry, and He fed you the *mon* that neither you knew nor your forefathers knew, in order to inform you that not by bread alone does man live, rather by the entire expression of Adonoy’s word does man live.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord does man live.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He afflicted you, and He made you hunger, and He fed you the manna, which you did not know, and which your fathers did not know, to make it known to you that not through bread alone shall a man live, but by all that issues from the mouth of the L-rd shall a man live.


###### Deuteronomy 8:4
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שִׂמְלָ֨תְךָ֜ לֹ֤א בָֽלְתָה֙ מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָ וְרַגְלְךָ֖ לֹ֣א בָצֵ֑קָה זֶ֖ה אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Your garment did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy garment grew not old upon thee, nor did thy foot swell, these forty years.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your raiment did not wear out from upon you [The clouds of glory would rub their clothing clean, and the garments of children would grow to match their growth], and your feet did not swell [like dough (as occurs with those who go barefoot)] this forty years.


###### Deuteronomy 8:5
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וְיָדַעְתָּ֖ עִם־לְבָבֶ֑ךָ כִּ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יְיַסֵּ֥ר אִישׁ֙ אֶת־בְּנ֔וֹ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מְיַסְּרֶֽךָּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You will know with your heart that the way a man trains his son does Adonoy, your God, train you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt also consider in thy heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so the Lord thy God chastens thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall know within your heart that as a man afflicts his son, so does the L-rd your G-d afflict you.


###### Deuteronomy 8:6
[Deuteronomy 8:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:6)

וְשָׁ֣מַרְתָּ֔ אֶת־מִצְוֺ֖ת יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לָלֶ֥כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֖יו וּלְיִרְאָ֥ה אֹתֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You are to guard the commandments of Adonoy, your God, to go in His ways and to fear Him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall keep the mitzvoth of the L-rd your G-d, to walk in His ways and fear Him.


###### Deuteronomy 8:7
[Deuteronomy 8:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:7)

כִּ֚י יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ מְבִֽיאֲךָ֖ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ טוֹבָ֑ה אֶ֚רֶץ נַ֣חֲלֵי מָ֔יִם עֲיָנֹת֙ וּתְהֹמֹ֔ת יֹצְאִ֥ים בַּבִּקְעָ֖ה וּבָהָֽר׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
For Adonoy, your God, is bringing you to a good land, a land with streams of water, springs and groundwater that emerge in valley and hill.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord thy God brings thee into a good land, a land of water courses, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the L-rd your G-d is bringing you to a good land, a land of streams of water, fountains and depths, issuing forth in valleys and in mountains.


###### Deuteronomy 8:8
[Deuteronomy 8:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:8)

אֶ֤רֶץ חִטָּה֙ וּשְׂעֹרָ֔ה וְגֶ֥פֶן וּתְאֵנָ֖ה וְרִמּ֑וֹן אֶֽרֶץ־זֵ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶן וּדְבָֽשׁ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
A land of wheat and barley, and grapes and figs and pomegranates; a land of olives and honey.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil, and honey;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A land of wheat, barley, grapevine, fig, and pomegranate; a land of olive-oil and honey.


###### Deuteronomy 8:9
[Deuteronomy 8:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:9)

אֶ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹ֤א בְמִסְכֵּנֻת֙ תֹּֽאכַל־בָּ֣הּ לֶ֔חֶם לֹֽא־תֶחְסַ֥ר כֹּ֖ל בָּ֑הּ אֶ֚רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲבָנֶ֣יהָ בַרְזֶ֔ל וּמֵהֲרָרֶ֖יהָ תַּחְצֹ֥ב נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
A land where you will not eat bread in poverty, you will lack nothing there; a land whose stones are iron, and from whose hills you will mine copper.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
a land in which thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land the stones of which are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayst dig brass.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A land where not in constraint shall you eat bread. You shall lack nothing in it; a land whose stones are iron and from whose mountains you shall hew copper.


###### Deuteronomy 8:10
[Deuteronomy 8:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:10)

וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ וּבֵֽרַכְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַטֹּבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָֽתַן־לָֽךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
You will eat and be full, and you will bless Adonoy, your God, for the good land He has given you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When thou hast eaten and art replete, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he has given thee.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you shall eat, and you shall be sated, and you shall bless the L-rd your G-d for the good land that He has given you.


###### Deuteronomy 8:11
[Deuteronomy 8:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:11)

הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֔ פֶּן־תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לְבִלְתִּ֨י שְׁמֹ֤ר מִצְוֺתָיו֙ וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֣יו וְחֻקֹּתָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּֽוֹם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Look out for yourself lest you forget Adonoy, your God, to not guard His commandments, His laws, and His statutes that I am commanding you today.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Take heed unto yourself lest you forget the L-rd your G-d, not to keep His mitzvoth and His judgments and His statutes that I command you this day.


###### Deuteronomy 8:12
[Deuteronomy 8:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:12)

פֶּן־תֹּאכַ֖ל וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ וּבָתִּ֥ים טֹבִ֛ים תִּבְנֶ֖ה וְיָשָֽׁבְתָּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Lest you eat and be full, and build good houses and live [in them.]

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
lest
				when thou hast eaten and art replete, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Lest you eat and be sated, and you build and inhabit good houses,


###### Deuteronomy 8:13
[Deuteronomy 8:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:13)

וּבְקָֽרְךָ֤ וְצֹֽאנְךָ֙ יִרְבְּיֻ֔ן וְכֶ֥סֶף וְזָהָ֖ב יִרְבֶּה־לָּ֑ךְ וְכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ֖ יִרְבֶּֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And your cattle and your sheep multiply, and silver and gold multiply for you, and everything you own multiplies.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And your herds and your flocks increase, and silver and gold increase for you, and whatever you have increase,


###### Deuteronomy 8:14
[Deuteronomy 8:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:14)

וְרָ֖ם לְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ֛ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And your pride increases, and you forget Adonoy, your God, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Miżrayim, from the house of bondage;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And your heart be lifted and you forget the L-rd your G-d who took you out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage,


###### Deuteronomy 8:15
[Deuteronomy 8:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:15)

הַמּוֹלִ֨יכְךָ֜ בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר**׀** הַגָּדֹ֣ל וְהַנּוֹרָ֗א נָחָ֤שׁ׀שָׂרָף֙ וְעַקְרָ֔ב וְצִמָּא֖וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵֽין־מָ֑יִם הַמּוֹצִ֤יא לְךָ֙ מַ֔יִם מִצּ֖וּר הַֽחַלָּמִֽישׁ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Who led you through the wilderness—the great and awesome[one]— snake, serpent and scorpion, and thirst where there is no water; Who took water out for you from solid rock;

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were venomous serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought forth water for thee out of the rock of flint;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who led you in the great, awesome desert of snake, serpent, scorpion and waterless drought, who brought forth water for you from the rock of flint,


###### Deuteronomy 8:16
[Deuteronomy 8:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:16)

הַמַּאֲכִ֨לְךָ֥ מָן֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדְע֖וּן אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן עַנֹּֽתְךָ֗ וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ נַסֹּתֶ֔ךָ לְהֵיטִֽבְךָ֖ בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Who fed you *mon* in the wilderness that your forefathers had not known, in order to oppress you and in order to test you, to ultimately benefit you—

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might afflict thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who fed you manna in the desert, which your fathers did not know, in order to afflict you and in order to try you, to benefit you in your latter end,


###### Deuteronomy 8:17
[Deuteronomy 8:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:17)

וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ כֹּחִי֙ וְעֹ֣צֶם יָדִ֔י עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י אֶת־הַחַ֥יִל הַזֶּֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And you think, ‘‘My strength and the power of my hand have acquired this wealth for me.’’

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you say in your heart: My strength and the might of my hand have wrought this wealth for me —


###### Deuteronomy 8:18
[Deuteronomy 8:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:18)

וְזָֽכַרְתָּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ כִּ֣י ה֗וּא הַנֹּתֵ֥ן לְךָ֛ כֹּ֖חַ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת חָ֑יִל לְמַ֨עַן הָקִ֧ים אֶת־בְּרִית֛וֹ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֥ע לַאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Recall Adonoy, your God, for it is He Who gives you counsel to acquire wealth, in order to establish His covenant that He swore to your forefathers this day.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he who gives thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to thy fathers, as it is this day.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then you shall remember the L-rd your G-d. For it is He who gives you strength to prosper, to establish His covenant that He swore to your fathers, as of this day.


###### Deuteronomy 8:19
[Deuteronomy 8:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:19)

וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־שָׁכֹ֤חַ תִּשְׁכַּח֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֗ אַחֲרֵי֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַעֲבַדְתָּ֖ם וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֣יתָ לָהֶ֑ם הַעִדֹ֤תִי בָכֶם֙ הַיּ֔וֹם כִּ֥י אָבֹ֖ד תֹּאבֵדֽוּן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
When and if you forget Adonoy, your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and bow to them, I testify about you today that you will surely be destroyed.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it shall be, if you forget the L-rd your G-d and walk after other gods and serve them and bow down to them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely go lost.


###### Deuteronomy 8:20
[Deuteronomy 8:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Deuteronomy/r/8:20)

כַּגּוֹיִ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ מַאֲבִ֣יד מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם כֵּ֖ן תֹּאבֵד֑וּן עֵ֚קֶב לֹ֣א תִשְׁמְע֔וּן בְּק֖וֹל יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Like the nations that Adonoy is destroying before you, so will you be destroyed, as a consequence of your not heeding Adonoy, your God.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As the nations which the Lord destroys before your face, so shall you perish; because you would not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As the nations which the L-rd causes to go lost from before you, so will you go lost, for you did not hearken to the voice of the L-rd your G-d.