And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied. And I will provideThis phrase underscores God's sovereignty and providence. The Hebrew root for "provide" is "נתן" (natan), meaning to give or bestow. This reflects God's active role in the lives of His people, emphasizing His generosity and faithfulness. Historically, this promise would resonate deeply with the Israelites, who were transitioning from a nomadic lifestyle to settling in the Promised Land. It reassures them of God's continued provision in a new environment. grass in the fields
The mention of "grass" (Hebrew: "עשב" - esev) is significant as it represents sustenance and life. In the agrarian society of ancient Israel, grass was essential for the survival of livestock, which in turn was crucial for the community's economy and daily life. The "fields" (Hebrew: "שדה" - sadeh) symbolize the land that God promised to the Israelites, a land flowing with milk and honey. This promise of provision is a tangible sign of God's blessing and the fertility of the land He is giving them. for your livestock
Livestock were vital to the Israelites, serving as a source of food, clothing, and trade. The Hebrew word for livestock, "בהמה" (behemah), encompasses a range of domesticated animals. This phrase highlights God's care not only for human needs but also for the animals that support human life. It reflects a holistic view of God's provision, ensuring the well-being of the entire community. and you will eat
Eating is a basic human need, and in this context, it signifies more than just physical nourishment. The act of eating is often associated with fellowship and communion with God. The Hebrew verb "אכל" (akal) implies satisfaction and fulfillment. This promise assures the Israelites that their physical needs will be met, allowing them to focus on their spiritual relationship with God. and be satisfied
The concept of satisfaction (Hebrew: "שבע" - saba) goes beyond mere physical fullness. It implies a deep contentment and peace that comes from trusting in God's provision. In the historical context, this satisfaction would contrast with the Israelites' previous experiences of scarcity in the wilderness. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and the abundance that comes from living in obedience to His commandments. Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and promises to the Israelites. 2. IsraelitesThe chosen people of God, receiving instructions and promises as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. 3. Promised LandThe land of Canaan, a land flowing with milk and honey, promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 4. GodThe provider and sustainer, promising to meet the needs of His people. 5. LivestockRepresents the wealth and sustenance of the Israelites, crucial for their survival and prosperity. Teaching Points God's ProvisionRecognize that God is the ultimate provider of all our needs, both physical and spiritual. Trust in His promise to provide for us as we walk in obedience to Him. Contentment and SatisfactionUnderstand that true satisfaction comes from God's provision. We are called to be content with what He provides, knowing it is sufficient for our needs. Stewardship of ResourcesAs God provides for us, we are called to be good stewards of the resources He entrusts to us, using them wisely and for His glory. Faith and ObedienceGod's promises often come with conditions of obedience. Our faith in His provision should be accompanied by a commitment to follow His commands. Gratitude and WorshipCultivate a heart of gratitude for God's provision, leading us to worship and praise Him for His faithfulness and generosity. Bible Study Questions 1. How does understanding God as the provider in Deuteronomy 11:15 influence your perspective on material needs and possessions? 2. In what ways can you practice contentment and gratitude for God's provision in your daily life? 3. How does the promise of provision in Deuteronomy 11:15 relate to Jesus' teachings in the New Testament about seeking God's kingdom first? 4. What are some practical ways you can be a good steward of the resources God has provided you? 5. How can you encourage others in your community to trust in God's provision and live out the principles of faith and obedience? Connections to Other Scriptures Genesis 1:29-30God's provision of food for all living creatures, establishing His role as the provider from the beginning. Psalm 23:1-2The imagery of God as a shepherd who provides for His flock, ensuring they lack nothing. Matthew 6:31-33Jesus' teaching on not worrying about material needs, emphasizing seeking God's kingdom first and trusting in His provision. Philippians 4:19Assurance that God will meet all needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 6:17Encouragement to trust in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. People Abiram, Canaanites, Dathan, Eliab, Moses, Pharaoh, ReubenPlaces Arabah, Beth-baal-peor, Egypt, Euphrates River, Gilgal, Jordan River, Lebanon, Moreh, Mount Ebal, Mount Gerizim, Red SeaTopics Cattle, Eat, Eaten, Field, Fields, Full, Grass, Hast, Herbs, Livestock, Mayest, Measure, SatisfiedDictionary of Bible Themes Deuteronomy 11:15 4438 eating
4460 grass
5939 satisfaction Deuteronomy 11:8-17 7258 promised land, early history Deuteronomy 11:10-15 4854 weather, God's sovereignty
8472 respect, for environment Deuteronomy 11:11-15 4978 year Deuteronomy 11:13-15 4208 land, divine responsibility
8630 worship, results Deuteronomy 11:13-21 7410 phylactery Deuteronomy 11:14-15 1330 God, the provider
5225 barrenness Library Canaan on Earth
Many of you, my dear hearers, are really come out of Egypt; but you are still wandering about in the wilderness. "We that have believed do enter into rest;" but you, though you have eaten of Jesus, have not so believed on him as to have entered into the Canaan of rest. You are the Lord's people, but you have not come into the Canaan of assured faith, confidence, and hope, where we wrestle no longer with flesh and blood, but with principalities and powers in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus--when …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856The God of the Rain
(Fifth Sunday after Easter.) DEUT. xi. 11, 12. The land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven. A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year, even unto the end of the year. I told you, when I spoke of the earthquakes of the Holy Land, that it seems as if God had meant specially to train that strange people the Jews, by putting them into a country where they …
Charles Kingsley—The Gospel of the Pentateuch Gilgal, in Deuteronomy 11:30 what the Place Was.
That which is said by Moses, that "Gerizim and Ebal were over-against Gilgal," Deuteronomy 11:30, is so obscure, that it is rendered into contrary significations by interpreters. Some take it in that sense, as if it were near to Gilgal: some far off from Gilgal: the Targumists read, "before Gilgal": while, as I think, they do not touch the difficulty; which lies not so much in the signification of the word Mul, as in the ambiguity of the word Gilgal. These do all seem to understand that Gilgal which …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant.
"Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place."--2 Kings …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )
Ver. 20. "And Noah began and became an husbandman, and planted vineyards."--This does not imply that Noah was the first who began to till the ground, and, more especially, to cultivate the vine; for Cain, too, was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. The sense rather is, that Noah, after the flood, again took up this calling. Moreover, the remark has not an independent import; it serves only to prepare the way for the communication of the subsequent account of Noah's drunkenness. By this remark, …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Subjects of Study. Home Education in Israel; Female Education. Elementary Schools, Schoolmasters, and School Arrangements.
If a faithful picture of society in ancient Greece or Rome were to be presented to view, it is not easy to believe that even they who now most oppose the Bible could wish their aims success. For this, at any rate, may be asserted, without fear of gainsaying, that no other religion than that of the Bible has proved competent to control an advanced, or even an advancing, state of civilisation. Every other bound has been successively passed and submerged by the rising tide; how deep only the student …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius Cæsar and under the Pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas - a Voice in the Wilderness
THERE is something grand, even awful, in the almost absolute silence which lies upon the thirty years between the Birth and the first Messianic Manifestation of Jesus. In a narrative like that of the Gospels, this must have been designed; and, if so, affords presumptive evidence of the authenticity of what follows, and is intended to teach, that what had preceded concerned only the inner History of Jesus, and the preparation of the Christ. At last that solemn silence was broken by an appearance, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah The Worship of the Synagogue
One of the most difficult questions in Jewish history is that connected with the existence of a synagogue within the Temple. That such a "synagogue" existed, and that its meeting-place was in "the hall of hewn stones," at the south-eastern angle of the court of the priest, cannot be called in question, in face of the clear testimony of contemporary witnesses. Considering that "the hall of hew stones" was also the meeting-place for the great Sanhedrim, and that not only legal decisions, but lectures …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Among the People, and with the Pharisees
It would have been difficult to proceed far either in Galilee or in Judaea without coming into contact with an altogether peculiar and striking individuality, differing from all around, and which would at once arrest attention. This was the Pharisee. Courted or feared, shunned or flattered, reverently looked up to or laughed at, he was equally a power everywhere, both ecclesiastically and politically, as belonging to the most influential, the most zealous, and the most closely-connected religions …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Covenanting Confers Obligation.
As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting The Old Testament Canon from Its Beginning to Its Close.
The first important part of the Old Testament put together as a whole was the Pentateuch, or rather, the five books of Moses and Joshua. This was preceded by smaller documents, which one or more redactors embodied in it. The earliest things committed to writing were probably the ten words proceeding from Moses himself, afterwards enlarged into the ten commandments which exist at present in two recensions (Exod. xx., Deut. v.) It is true that we have the oldest form of the decalogue from the Jehovist …
Samuel Davidson—The Canon of the Bible Deuteronomy
Owing to the comparatively loose nature of the connection between consecutive passages in the legislative section, it is difficult to present an adequate summary of the book of Deuteronomy. In the first section, i.-iv. 40, Moses, after reviewing the recent history of the people, and showing how it reveals Jehovah's love for Israel, earnestly urges upon them the duty of keeping His laws, reminding them of His spirituality and absoluteness. Then follows the appointment, iv. 41-43--here irrelevant (cf. …
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