14Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
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Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. …
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-14)Moses, having in general represented God to them as their great benefactor, whom they were bound in gratitude to observe and obey, in these verses gives particular instances of God’s kindness to them and concern for them. 1. Some instances were ancient, and for proof of them he appeals to the records (Deut. 32:7): Remember the days of old ; that is, “Keep in remembrance the history of those days,…
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