Deuteronomy 8:7 Study Bible: For the LORD your God brings you into a good and spacious land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;

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For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

Study Bible

For the LORD your God
This phrase emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and the Israelites. The Hebrew word for "LORD" is "YHWH," the sacred name of God, which signifies His eternal presence and faithfulness. "Your God" personalizes this relationship, reminding the Israelites that He is not a distant deity but their personal protector and provider. This reflects the intimate bond God desires with His people, a theme that runs throughout the Bible.

is bringing you
The verb "bringing" indicates an ongoing action, suggesting that God is actively involved in the journey of the Israelites. The Hebrew root "bo" conveys the idea of leading or guiding, which underscores God's role as a shepherd to His people. This action is not just a physical relocation but a spiritual journey towards fulfillment of His promises.

into a good land
The "good land" is a reference to the Promised Land, Canaan, which God had pledged to Abraham and his descendants. The Hebrew word for "good" is "tov," which implies not only physical abundance but also moral and spiritual goodness. This land is a symbol of God's blessings and faithfulness, a place where His people can thrive under His guidance.

a land with streams and pools of water
Water is a vital resource in the arid climate of the Near East, and its abundance in the Promised Land signifies prosperity and divine provision. The Hebrew words "nahar" (streams) and "ayin" (pools) suggest a landscape that is fertile and life-sustaining. This imagery would have been particularly compelling to the Israelites, who had experienced scarcity in the wilderness.

with springs flowing in the valleys and hills
The mention of "springs" and "flowing" water highlights the natural beauty and fertility of the land. The Hebrew word "ma'ayan" (springs) indicates a source of fresh, living water, which is often used metaphorically in Scripture to represent spiritual renewal and life. The "valleys and hills" suggest a diverse and rich topography, symbolizing the varied blessings God has in store for His people. This imagery reassures the Israelites of the abundance and security they will find in the land God is giving them.

Persons / Places / Events

1. The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is faithful to His promises and is leading His people into the Promised Land.

2. Israelites
The chosen people of God, who are being led by Moses through the wilderness towards the land promised to their forefathers.

3. The Promised Land (Canaan)
A fertile and prosperous land described as "a good land," which God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and is now being given to their descendants.

4. Moses
The leader and prophet of Israel, who is delivering God's message and commandments to the people as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.

5. Wilderness Journey
The period of 40 years during which the Israelites wandered in the desert, learning to trust and obey God before entering Canaan.

Teaching Points

God's Faithfulness
Reflect on God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises. Just as He brought the Israelites to a good land, He is faithful to His promises in our lives.

Provision and Abundance
Recognize that God provides abundantly for His people. The description of the land with streams and pools of water signifies God's provision and care.

Trust in God's Timing
The Israelites had to wait and trust in God's timing to enter the Promised Land. Similarly, we must trust God's timing in our own lives.

Spiritual Nourishment
Just as the land provided physical sustenance, God offers spiritual nourishment through His Word and presence. Seek to be spiritually fed and refreshed.

Gratitude and Obedience
Respond to God's blessings with gratitude and obedience. The Israelites were called to remember and obey God as they entered the land.

Bible Study Questions

1. How does the description of the Promised Land in Deuteronomy 8:7 reflect God's character and His promises to His people?

2. In what ways can we see God's provision in our own lives, similar to the streams and pools of water in the Promised Land?

3. How can we apply the lesson of trusting in God's timing from the Israelites' journey to our current life situations?

4. What are some practical ways we can seek spiritual nourishment and refreshment in our daily walk with God?

5. How can we cultivate a heart of gratitude and obedience in response to God's blessings, as seen in the context of Deuteronomy 8:7?

Connections to Other Scriptures

Genesis 12:1-3
God's promise to Abraham about making him a great nation and giving his descendants the land of Canaan, which is being fulfilled in Deuteronomy 8:7.

Exodus 3:8
God's assurance to Moses that He will deliver the Israelites from Egypt and bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey, echoing the description of the good land in Deuteronomy 8:7.

Psalm 23:1-2
The imagery of God as a shepherd leading His people to green pastures and still waters, similar to the description of the Promised Land as a place with streams and pools of water.

John 4:14
Jesus speaks of giving living water, which parallels the physical provision of water in the Promised Land and points to spiritual sustenance.

Sermons

The Land of Promise	T. Binney.	Deuteronomy 8:7-9
The Good Land	J. Orr	Deuteronomy 8:7-10
God Forgotten Amid Second Causes	R.M. Edgar	Deuteronomy 8:7-20
Wealth Perilous to Piety	D. Davies	Deuteronomy 8:7-20

People

Moses

Places

Beth-baal-peor, Egypt

Topics

Bringeth, Bringing, Brings, Brooks, Deep, Depths, Flowing, Forth, Fountains, Guiding, Gush, Hills, Mountain, Pools, Spring, Springing, Springs, Streams, Underground, Valley, Valleys, Water-brooks, Waters, Water-springs

Dictionary of Bible Themes

Deuteronomy 8:7

1050 God, goodness of
4293 water

Deuteronomy 8:6-9

4492 olive

Deuteronomy 8:7-8

     4406   agriculture
     4450   fruit
     4488   oil
     4534   vine
     4542   wheat
     5704   inheritance, material
     7258   promised land, early history

Deuteronomy 8:7-9

     4245   hills
     4303   metals
     4306   minerals
     4321   copper
     4336   iron
     4348   mining
     4418   bread
     4440   fig-tree
     4456   grain
     4528   trees
     5447   poverty, causes
     6659   freedom, acts in OT

Deuteronomy 8:7-10

4209 land, spiritual aspects

Library

God's Training
DEUTERONOMY viii. 2-5. 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 thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no. 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 doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the …
Charles Kingsley—Discipline and Other Sermons

The Lesson of Memory
'Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these lofty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no.'--DEUT. viii.2. The strand of our lives usually slips away smoothly enough, but days such as this, the last Sunday in a year, are like the knots on a sailor's log, which, as they pass through his fingers, tell him how fast it is being paid out from the reel, and how far it has …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

National Wealth
(Fifth Sunday after Easter.) Deut. viii. 11-18. 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: lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth …
Charles Kingsley—The Gospel of the Pentateuch

Subterraneous Places. Mines. Caves.
Thus having taken some notice of the superficies of the land, let us a little search into its bowels. You may divide the subterraneous country into three parts: the metal mines, the caves, and the places of burial. This land was eminently noted for metal mines, so that "its stones," in very many places, "were iron, and out of its hills was digged brass," Deuteronomy 8:9. From these gain accrued to the Jews: but to the Christians, not seldom slavery and misery; being frequently condemned hither by …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica

Emmanuel's Land
P. G. Deut. viii. 7-10 The land! the glory of all lands, Beyond the Jordan's wave; Beyond the weary desert sands-- The land beyond the grave! Now safe witin that glorious land, We prove His faithful Word; 'Midst Canaan's golden fields we stand, The ransomed of the Lord. Amidst the burning desert drought We learnt His watchful love; Streams from the flinty rocks He brought, Sent bread from Heaven above. Our God in weariness and need, His love was measured there By hunger which His hand would feed, …
Frances Bevan—Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others

Palestine Eighteen Centuries Ago
Eighteen and a half centuries ago, and the land which now lies desolate--its bare, grey hills looking into ill-tilled or neglected valleys, its timber cut down, its olive- and vine-clad terraces crumbled into dust, its villages stricken with poverty and squalor, its thoroughfares insecure and deserted, its native population well-nigh gone, and with them its industry, wealth, and strength--presented a scene of beauty, richness, and busy life almost unsurpassed in the then known world. The Rabbis never …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life

The Temptation of Christ
Matthew 4:1-11 -- "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a …
George Whitefield—Selected Sermons of George Whitefield

Why all Things Work for Good
1. The grand reason why all things work for good, is the near and dear interest which God has in His people. The Lord has made a covenant with them. "They shall be my people, and I will be their God" (Jer. xxxii. 38). By virtue of this compact, all things do, and must work, for good to them. "I am God, even thy God" (Psalm l. 7). This word, Thy God,' is the sweetest word in the Bible, it implies the best relations; and it is impossible there should be these relations between God and His people, and …
Thomas Watson—A Divine Cordial

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
A BRIEF AND FAITHFUL RELATION OF THE EXCEEDING MERCY OF GOD IN CHRIST TO HIS POOR SERVANT, JOHN BUNYAN; WHEREIN IS PARTICULARLY SHOWED THE MANNER OF HIS CONVERSION, HIS SIGHT AND TROUBLE FOR SIN, HIS DREADFUL TEMPTATIONS, ALSO HOW HE DESPAIRED OF GOD'S MERCY, AND HOW THE LORD AT LENGTH THROUGH CHRIST DID DELIVER HIM FROM ALL THE GUILT AND TERROR THAT LAY UPON HIM. Whereunto is added a brief relation of his call to the work of the ministry, of his temptations therein, as also what he hath met with …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

In Death and after Death
A sadder picture could scarcely be drawn than that of the dying Rabbi Jochanan ben Saccai, that "light of Israel" immediately before and after the destruction of the Temple, and for two years the president of the Sanhedrim. We read in the Talmud (Ber. 28 b) that, when his disciples came to see him on his death-bed, he burst into tears. To their astonished inquiry why he, "the light of Israel, the right pillar of the Temple, and its mighty hammer," betrayed such signs of fear, he replied: "If I were …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life

Meditations Before Dinner and Supper.
Meditate that hunger is like the sickness called a wolf; which, if thou dost not feed, will devour thee, and eat thee up; and that meat and drink are but as physic, or means which God hath ordained, to relieve and cure this natural infirmity and necessity of man. Use, therefore, to eat and to drink, rather to sustain and refresh the weakness of nature, than to satisfy the sensuality and delights of the flesh. Eat, therefore, to live, but live not to eat. There is no service so base, as for a man …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety

Third Sunday Before Lent
Text: First Corinthians 9, 24-27; 10, 1-5. 24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. 25 And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, …
Martin Luther—Epistle Sermons, Vol. II

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. …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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