Deuteronomy 8:2
Context8:2 Remember the whole way by which he 1 has brought you these forty years through the desert 2 so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 8:6
Context8:6 So you must keep his 3 commandments, live according to his standards, 4 and revere him.
1 tn Heb “the
2 tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NRSV, NLT); likewise in v. 15.
3 tn Heb “the commandments of the
4 tn Heb “by walking in his ways.” The “ways” of the Lord refer here to his moral standards as reflected in his commandments. The verb “walk” is used frequently in the Bible (both OT and NT) for one’s moral and ethical behavior.