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Numbers 14:8
New English Translation
Numbers 14:8
New English Translation
8 If the Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land that is flowing with milk and honey.[a]
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- Numbers 14:8 tn The subjective genitives “milk and honey” are symbols of the wealth of the land, second only to bread. Milk was a sign of such abundance (Gen 49:12; Isa 7:21, 22). Because of the climate the milk would thicken quickly and become curds, eaten with bread or turned into butter. The honey mentioned here is the wild honey (see Deut 32:13; Judg 14:8-9). It signified sweetness, or the finer things of life (Ezek 3:3).
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