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Ramban on Deuteronomy 29:5/רמב"ן על דברים כ״ט:ה׳
אלֶחֶם לֹא אֲכַלְתֶּם וְיַיִן וְשֵׁכָר לֹא שְׁתִיתֶם, הַטַּעַם לֹא אֲכַלְתֶּם מִמֶּנּוּ שֶׁתּוּכְלוּ לִחְיוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ, כִּי עִקַּר מִחְיָתָם בַּמָּן הָיְתָה, לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּ כִּי אֲנִי ה' אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, הַמְּחַיֶּה אֶתְכֶם בְּמַעֲשֵׂה הַנֵּס. וְאֵין טַעְמוֹ שֶׁלֹּא אָכְלוּ לֶחֶם כְּלָל, כְּמוֹ לֶחֶם לֹא אָכַלְתִּי וּמַיִם לֹא שָׁתִיתִי (דברים ט':ט'), כִּי בִּקְצַת הָעִתִּים הָיָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר לֶחֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (שם ב כח כט) אֹכֶל בַּכֶּסֶף תַּשְׁבִּרֵנִי וְאָכַלְתִּי וּמַיִם בַּכֶּסֶף תִּתֶּן לִי וְשָׁתִיתִי כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לִי בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּשֵׂעִיר וְהַמּוֹאָבִים הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּעָר, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ הִזְכִּירוּ (יומא עה) דְּבָרִים שֶׁתַּגָּרֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם מְבִיאִים לָהֶם בַּמִּדְבָּר. וְאֶפְשָׁר עוֹד כִּי מֵעֵת שֶׁיָּרַד הַמָּן עַד בּוֹאָם אֶל שֵׂעִיר לֹא אָכְלוּ לֶחֶם כְּלָל, כִּי הָלְכוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר הַגָּדוֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא, אֲבָל בִּשְׁנַת הָאַרְבָּעִים קָרְבוּ לַיִּשּׁוּב וְנֶאֱמַר לָהֶם (לעיל ב ד ו), וְאֶת הָעָם צַו לֵאמֹר אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים בִּגְבוּל אֲחֵיכֶם בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו אֹכֶל תִּשְׁבְּרוּ מֵאִתָּם, וְשָׁם (דברים כ"ט:ז') כָּתוּב, זֶה אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ עִמָּךְ לֹא חָסַרְתָּ דָּבָר, וּמִן הָעֵת הַהִיא הָיוּ הָאֲדוֹמִים וְהַמּוֹאָבִים מַקְדִּימִים אוֹתָם בַּלֶּחֶם וּבַמַּיִם, וְהָיוּ גְּדוֹלֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קוֹנִים מֵהֶם וְאוֹכְלִים לְתַעֲנוּג, לֹא לְצֹרֶךְ וְלֹא לְשָׂבְעָה, וְעִקַּר הַמִּחְיָה שֶׁלָּהֶם בַּמָּן:
1YE HAVE NOT EATEN BREAD, NEITHER HAVE YE DRUNK WINE OR STRONG DRINK. The meaning thereof is “You have not eaten [sufficiently] thereof that you should be able to live by it,” for their principal sustenance was the manna. THAT YE MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM THE ETERNAL YOUR G-D Who keeps you alive miraculously. Now, it could not mean that they did not eat bread at all, as Scripture [says of Moses], I did neither eat bread nor drink water151 for on some occasions Israel did have bread in the wilderness, as it is written, Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink; as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me.152, 2:28-29. And our Rabbis mentioned153 that the merchants of the peoples of the world brought them [various foods] in the desert.It is further possible that from the time the manna descended until they came to Seir they did not eat bread at all, for they travelled through the great and dreadful wilderness.154 But in the fortieth year they approached inhabited land, and it was said to them, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau;155, 2:4. Ye shall purchase food of them.156, Verse 6. There it is written, these forty years the Eternal thy G-d hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.157, Verse 7. And from that time on, the Edomites and the Moabites158 met them with food and drink and prominent Israelites would buy from them for pleasure, not for necessity, nor for satiety, because their principal sustenance was [still] the manna.Nitzavim