Passage

Forty years in the wilderness

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

²¹“Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.

Nehemiah 9:21World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The prayer recalls forty years of provision in the wilderness, including clothing that did not wear out and feet that did not swell.

The preceding line names manna, water and instruction by God’s good Spirit. The prayer then recalls possession of the lands of Sihon and Og.

What details about clothing and feet does this prayer recall?