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Deuteronomy 8:7-18

Do Not Forget the Lord

November 26, 2026

Moses Shown the Promised Land, Benjamin West
Moses Shown the Promised Land, Benjamin West, 1801Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
West paints Moses from behind on the summit of Nebo, looking at a country he is told he will not enter, with the whole landscape opened out below.Deuteronomy 8 is the speech about remembering, delivered by the man who got everyone there and was not allowed in.Benjamin WestAn American who became history painter to George III and the second president of the Royal Academy, and never went home.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe largest art museum in the Americas, founded in 1870 by a group of New Yorkers who wanted one and had no collection to start from.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 17:11-19Lk 17:11-19
Epistle2 Cor. 9:6-152 Cor 9:6-15
Old TestamentDeut. 8:7-18Dt 8:7-18
PsalterPs. 65Ps 65

Overview & Insights

“When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.” (Deuteronomy 8:10)

Not by Bread Alone: Like chapter 7, this chapter is also very skillfully organized in a loose chiastic fashion, with the same “in and out” pattern as in chapter 7.

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Commentary

Deuteronomy 8 CommentaryDt 8 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the good land and remembering God.

Deuteronomy 8 CommentaryDt 8 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep collection of exegetical and word-study resources on the chapter.

Deuteronomy 8:7 CommentariesDt 8:7 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries aggregated verse by verse for the passage.

Deuteronomy 8 (Coffman Commentaries)Dt 8 (Coffman Commentaries) StudyLight

James Burton Coffman's chapter commentary, a distinct voice on the warning against forgetting God.

Background & Word Study

Deuteronomy 8 (Matthew Henry)Dt 8 (Mt Henry) Bible Study Tools

Matthew Henry's classic devotional exposition of the whole chapter.

Deuteronomy 8:7 (Hebrew)Dt 8:7 (Hebrew) Sefaria

The Hebrew text with English and Jewish commentary for the good-land description.

Deuteronomy 8:7 InterlinearDt 8:7 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew text with Strong's numbers and parsing for close word study.

The Church Fathers

Deuteronomy 8 (Catena)Dt 8 (Catena) Catena

Verse-linked commentary from the early Church Fathers on Deuteronomy 8.

Questions preachers ask

What does Deuteronomy 8 warn against?

Moses describes the good land of plenty Israel is entering and warns them not to forget the Lord or say “my own power… produced this wealth,” but to remember the God who gives the ability to prosper (Deuteronomy 8:7–18).

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