Numbers 13:27

Translations

Modern

And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

Traditional

And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

Literal

And they recounted to him and said, “We went to the land where you sent us, and truly it is flowing with milk and honey; and this is its fruit!

Latin

…et narraverunt, dicentes: Venimus in terram, ad quam misisti nos, quæ revera fluit lacte et melle, ut ex his fructibus cognosci potest:

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English

And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

Notes

Numbers 13:27

The promised land is also known as land flowing with milk and honey. In biblical times, milk and dairy were key parts of the diet. Milk symbolized abundance (see Deuteronomy 32:14; Isaiah 55:1; Joel 3:18). Honey added sweetness (see Psalms 19:10; 119:103; Ezekiel 3:3; Revelation 10:9–10). The phrase describes a desirable place with plenty of food and resources (compare Numbers 16:13–14; see also Exodus 3:8; Deuteronomy 6:3; 26:15; Jeremiah 11:4–5; Ezekiel 20:6).

The New Testament emphasizes the spiritual nature of God's promises, pointing to a promised inheritance in heaven (see Romans 9:6–8; Galatians 6:14–16; Revelation 21:1–2).

Numbers 13:25–29

The spies agreed the land was good, but most doubted Israel could conquer it. The strong and well-fed Canaanites had built fortified towns for protection.

Numbers 13:1–14:45

Twelve spies explored the fertile land of Canaan and found strong enemies defending it. Earlier chapters show Israel's disobedience, hinting at future failures. The Israelites did not have the obedience, courage, or faith to capture the land. So, the Lord made them spend 40 years in the Wilderness of Sinai. That generation did not receive their inheritance in the promised land.

Theme notes and profiles

Caleb Joshua Moses

Related verses

Exodus 3:8
I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Exodus 13:5
And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.
Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
Exodus 33:3
Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
Deuteronomy 31:20
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
Deuteronomy 26:9
And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 27:3
Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
Deuteronomy 26:11–15
So you shall rejoice—you, the Levite, and the foreigner dwelling among you—in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.
Deuteronomy 1:25–33
They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
Deuteronomy 11:9
…and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
Numbers 14:8
If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.

Glossary

Amorites Benjamin, Tribe of Deuteronomy, Book of Judah, Tribe of Moses Numbers, Book of Remnant

Topics

Caleb: Brings Favorable Report Canaan: Land of Fruitfulness of Canaan: Land of Spies Sent Into, by Moses Desert, Journey of Israel Through The: Spies Bring Back Evil Report Holy Land: Extremely Fruitful Holy Land: Twelve Men Sent to Spy Israel: Return with a Majority Report and a Minority Report Majority and Minority Reports of the Spies Milk: Figuratite Reports: Majority and Minority of Spies The Canaanites: Country of, Fertile

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