Not by Bread Alone: Like chapter 7, this chapter is also very skillfully organized in a loose chiastic fashion, with the same “in and out” pattern as in chapter 7.

A The land sworn to the forefathers; command given today (v. 1)
B Wilderness as place of humbling, testing, and provision (vv. 2–6)
C A good land (vv. 7–9)
D You will eat and be satisfied (v. 10)
E Bless the LORD; Do not forget (v. 11)
D′ You will eat and be satisfied (v. 12a)
C′ A good land (vv. 12b–14)
B′ Wilderness as place of humbling, testing, and provision (vv. 15–16)
A′ Wealth, covenant with forefathers; as at this day (vv. 17–18)

Verses 19–20 stand outside this pattern and are a final emphasis of the central point of the chapter, do not forget, with a solemn warning.

8:1 Another way of looking at the chapter is to see that the wild…