Text: Deuteronomy 32:10
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 19:4
Subject: like a mother eagle
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy
Significance: Exodus 19:4 describes God carrying Israel "on eagles' wings" (כַּנְפֵי נְשָׁרִים, kanfey nesharim) during the exodus, and Deuteronomy 32:10 develops this eagle metaphor within the Song of Moses: God "found him in a desert land... He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye." The verse immediately preceding the eagle imagery (Deut 32:11) elaborates on the protective nurture only implied in Exodus 19:4. Moses' final song thus expands the Sinai preface's compact eagle metaphor into a sustained portrait of divine parental care throughout the wilderness, transforming a brief image into a defining description of God's character toward His covenant people.