Q&A for Deuteronomy 8

Chapter
Question/Answer 1
Question 1

1. Why did God take the Israelites through the wilderness on the way to the promised land?

Answer 1

v 2 ... that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 

Question/Answer 2
Question 2

2. What was miraculous about their forty years in the wilderness?

Answer 2

v 4  Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

Question/Answer 3
Question 3

3. What problems did Moses say they faced in the wilderness?

Answer 3

v 15 ... the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; ...