Deutéronome 32:14

He gave them rich butter of kine from the spoil of their kings, and the fat of the firstlings of the sheep from the prey of their sultans, with the choice rams and goats of the flocks of Mathnan. Mosheh the prophet said: If the people of Israel will observe the precepts of the law, it is foretold that their wheat granary shall be like the kidneys of oxen, and that from one bunch of grapes shall come forth a kor of red wine.

The fat of cattle denotes the abundance of flesh

the milk [Hebrew: ḥɒlev] of sheep Were it not for the traditional vocalization of the letters, this verse would be support for the suet controversy (which I mentioned in its place [comment on Leviticus 7: 23]); alternately, the suet [Hebrew: ḥelev] of lambs could mean the best and thickest fat, as in “the choicest [Hebrew: ḥelev] of the oil” [Numbers 18: 12].

of the Bashan breed who were raised on the hills of Bashan.

fat kidneys of wheat This is a bit of imagery, bringing to mind the deposits of fat that surround the kidneys. Also, a kernel of wheat resembles a kidney in shape.

the blood of the grape denotes wine. Scripture thus tabulates an abundandace of: honey; oil; flesh; bread; wine, and all manner of fruits (there are also some who say that the abovementioned “honey” denotes date-honey) — completing the description of “the produce of the field” [: 13].

wine a synonym for “wine”. Compare, “a vineyard of wine” [Isaiah 27: 2].

The tav in you drank denotes the second person masculine singular. It suggests a man speaking to his fellow, saying, “there is so much abundance, you will drink wine constantly”. There are those, however, who say that the tav denotes the third person feminine singular, and that grape acts as the feminine subject of the verb. This suggestion is vacuous, though, because it would require the tav to be vocalized with a pattaḥ, in the form of a causative hif‘il verb. A slightly more plausible reading is suggested by those who say that the feminine subject of the non-causative verb is the implied word “congregation”, since the congregation of Israel is sometimes masculine and sometimes feminine [e.g., I Samuel 17: 21].

חמאת בקר, according to the plain meaning of the text Moses describes the land in terms of it flowing with milk and honey and providing an abundance of meat for its owners.

חלב כרים, rams that had grazed in the desert, having stuffed (fattened) themselves with excellent pasture. The expression is used in this sense both in Isaiah 30,23 and in Psalms 65,14. The author quotes more verses from Scripture on this subject; the message of Moses is clear beyond doubt. he extols the excellent physical properties of the Land of Israel.

ואילים בני בשן, ordinary animals that had grazed in Bashan (the land conquered from Og) were known to be excellent specimen; כרים, both in Bashan and special ones elsewhere, had a tendency to grow fat, something which was in high demand. The rams of Bashan were therefore the very finest anywhere.

עם חלב כליות חטה, the choicest fat of the wheat kernels. [The word כליות can obviously not refer to kidneys, seeing that wheat does not have kidneys. The author therefore searches for other pertinent meanings which can be applied to Moses’ hyperbole here. Ed.] In Samuel II 13,39 we find the line ותכל דוד המלך לצאת אל אבשלום, which the author understands as “King David now pined, had an overpowering desire for Avshalom,” since he had by now gotten over the death of his son Amnon (whom Avshalom had murdered). In Psalms 84,3 we read כלתה נפשי, “my soul yearns for….” In other words, the root כלה, from which the wordכליות is derived can mean “to have a craving.” People can develop a craving for this kind of wheat once they have tasted its excellence. In Psalms 73,26 כלה שארי, the word may also describe a craving of one’s body. As to the letter י in the word כליות in our verse, which appears to contradict the claim that the root is כלה, consider the relationship between שבה and שביה, shivyah, where we also suddenly discover a letter י that appears unaccounted for. Another such example occurs with the root בנה and הבניה in Ezekiel 41,13, where the י in הבניה appears unaccounted for. The fact is, that when roots ending with the letter ה such as בנה and שבה experience the semi-vowel sheva abbreviating the syllable, the letter י is substituted for the original letter ה.

ודם ענב תשתה חמר, grape juice was fit to drink without investing much toil beforehand. This is an example of people earning their livelihood easily. The reason why G’d had arranged things in such a fashion was so as to leave the people ample time to study Torah, and to enable them to fulfill the various commandments of the Torah which do consume time.

עם חלב כרים ואילים, “and curds as well as and rams raised in Bashan.“ Moses lists the highest quality of these species, similar to Genesis 45,18 ואכלו את חלב הארץ, ”and live off the fat of the land!”

עם חלב כליות חיטה, “with the kidney fat of wheat.” The word “kidneys” here is not a metaphor but is to be understood literally. This is because the shape of wheat with its groove is similar to that of the shape of a kidney. (Ibn Ezra)

ודם ענב תשתה חמר, “and of the blood of the grape you will drink foaming wine.” The wine will be red as blood, an indication of its value, similar to what Solomon described in Proverbs 23,31: אל תרא יין כי יתאדם, “do not look at wine when it is red;” [sign that the wine is strong in alcohol content. Ed.]