For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
The land you're going into to take as your own is not like the land of Egypt that you left behind, where you planted your seeds and watered them by foot like a vegetable garden.
Moses is telling the Israelites that the Promised Land will be very different from Egypt, where they had to work hard to irrigate their crops by hand.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses is speaking to the Israelites as they prepare to enter the Promised Land after their deliverance from Egypt, emphasizing the differences between the two regions. In Egypt, agriculture relied on manual irrigation, such as using foot-powered systems to draw water from the Nile for crops, which required constant human effort. This contrast underscores God's promise that the Promised Land would be sustained by natural rains as a sign of His provision.
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