And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Prove, which is done frequently by posterity also, ver. 3, 12, 14. After trying the fidelity of his people by various means, to make them sensible of their own weakness and inability to do good, God takes pity on them, ver. 16. (Calmet)
Known. Hebrew, "to know (by experience) what was in thy heart, whether "The original term signifies also to make known to others, Genesis xxii. 12. (Haydock)