Deuteronomy 8:16

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16 who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;


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By Alexander Payne

Verse 16. Who sustained you in these states of temptation with good from Himself, which was foreign to your hereditary nature, that He might reduce the love of evil within you, and that the evil and good might be separated, and that He might gift you with heavenly affections at the end of your time of probation;