John Gill's Exposition on Deuteronomy 8:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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A land wherein thou shall eat bread without scarceness, etc.] That is, should have plenty of all sorts of provisions, which bread is often put for: thou shall not lack anything in it; for necessity and convenience, and for delight and pleasure: a land whose stones are iron; in which were iron mines: and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass; both which are taken out of the earth and the stones of it, (<182802>Job 28:2) and were to be found in the land of Canaan, and particularly in the tribe of Asher, as seems from (<053325>Deuteronomy 33:25) and more particularly at Sidon and Sarepta, which were in that tribe; the latter of which seems to have its name from the melting of metals there, and the former is said in Homer f91 to abound with brass.

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