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"A land flowing with milk and honey" is a biblical phrase used to describe a land of abundance, prosperity, and comfort. It refers to a place where there is an abundance of food and resources, making life easy and enjoyable. The phrase is often used to describe the Promised Land promised to the Israelites in the Old Testament.
Elaboration:
The phrase "milk and honey" symbolizes both physical and spiritual nourishment. Milk represents the fertility of the land and the abundance of animal products, while honey represents sweetness and joy. The combination of the two suggests a land where resources are plentiful, and life is rich and satisfying.
In the Old Testament, the phrase is used to describe the Promised Land, which is a place that God promises to the Israelites after they are freed from slavery in Egypt. This land is depicted as a place of freedom, abundance, and peace, where they can live a life free from hardship and oppression.
The phrase also has a symbolic meaning, representing a state of spiritual well-being and unity with God. The sweetness of honey and the richness of milk can be seen as a metaphor for the joy and nourishment that can be found in a relationship with God and in following His commandments.
Ultimately, "a land flowing with milk and honey" represents a utopian vision of a world where abundance and prosperity are common, and where people can live in peace and harmony. It is a phrase that continues to resonate with people today, both as a physical description of a prosperous place and as a spiritual metaphor for a life filled with joy, abundance, and fulfillment.
1. Exodus 3:8
So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY —the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
2. Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your misery in Egypt into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites— A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.’
3. Exodus 13:5
When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites andJebusites—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY —you are to observe this ceremony in this month:
4. Exodus 33:3
Go up toLAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.”
5. Leviticus 20:24
But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
6. Numbers 13:27
They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does FLOW WITH MILK AND HONEY! Here is its fruit.
7. Numbers 14:8
If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, and will give it to us.
8. Numbers 16:13
Isn’t it enough that you have brought us up out of A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY to kill us in the wilderness? And now you also want to lord it over us!
9. Numbers 16:14
Moreover, you haven’t brought us into A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEYor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you want to treat these men like slaves? No, we will not come!”
10. Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
11. Deuteronomy 11:9
and so that you may live long in the land the Lord swore to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.
12. Deuteronomy 26:9
He brought us to this place and gave us this land, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY;
13. Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel andthe land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.”
14. Deuteronomy 27:3
Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
15. Deuteronomy 31:20
When I have brought them into the LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods andworship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.
16. Joshua 5:6
The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.
17. 2 Samuel 17:29
honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.”
18. Song of Songs 4:11
Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; MILK AND HONEY are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
19. Song of Songs 5:1
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I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Friends
Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.
20. Isaiah 7:22
And because of the abundance of the milk they give, there will be curds to eat. All who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
21. Jeremiah 11:5
Then I will fulfill the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY’—the land you possess today.” I answered, “Amen, Lord.”
22. Jeremiah 32:22
You gave them this land you had sworn to give their ancestors, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY.
23. Ezekiel 20:6
On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, the most beautiful of all lands.
24. Ezekiel 20:15
Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them— A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, the most beautiful of all lands—
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