⁵ Yet the Lord says, “During the forty years that I led^(A) you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet.^(B)

⁴ Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.^(A)

² Remember how the Lord your God led^(A) you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test^(B) you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.^(A)

³ In the fortieth year,^(A) on the first day of the eleventh month,^(B) Moses proclaimed^(C) to the Israelites all that the Lord had commanded him concerning them.

¹⁰ no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.^(A)

¹³ And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey.”

⁵ They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy.