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20 You gave them your good Ruach to teach them.
You didn’t keep your manna to yourself.
You gave them water to quench their thirst.
21 You provided for them in the desert for 40 years,
    and they had everything they needed.
Their clothes didn’t wear out, and their feet didn’t swell.

Conquest of Canaan

22 You gave kingdoms and nations to the Israelites
    and assigned them their boundaries.
        So they took possession of the land of Sihon,
            the land of the king of Heshbon,
                and the land of King Og of Bashan.

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20 You gave your good Spirit(A) to instruct(B) them. You did not withhold your manna(C) from their mouths, and you gave them water(D) for their thirst. 21 For forty years(E) you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,(F) their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.(G)

22 “You gave them kingdoms and nations, allotting to them even the remotest frontiers. They took over the country of Sihon[a](H) king of Heshbon and the country of Og king of Bashan.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:22 One Hebrew manuscript and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Sihon, that is, the country of the