Deuteronomy 8:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Hast built goodly houses. — One of the conditions prescribed by Jonadab the son of Rechab to his family was, “All your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers” (Jeremiah 35:7).

Deuteronomy 8:12

12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;