³ Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to both you and your ancestors. He did it to help you realize that food isn’t everything, and that real life comes by obeying every command of God. ⁴ For all these forty years your clothes haven’t grown old, and your feet haven’t been blistered or swollen. ⁵ So you should realize that, as a man punishes his son, the Lord punishes you to help you.