Deuteronomy 8:14
Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
הערת לימוד
Study Note
Moses warns that prosperity in the land must not lead to a proud heart that forgets the Lord — the very God who brought Israel out of slavery, through the wilderness, and into abundance. The psychological profile Moses describes — memory loss through success — is one of the Hebrew Bible's most penetrating diagnoses of the spiritual dangers of wealth. The detailed reminder of wilderness provisions (water from rock, manna) in the following verses functions as an antidote: gratitude for specific remembered mercies counteracts the amnesia of prosperity. Jesus' own wilderness temptations (Matthew 4) deliberately invoke Deuteronomy 8, showing him as the true Israel who remembers and obeys where Israel forgot and failed.
תרגומים נוספים
then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
`And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
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