Leviticus 20:24 (KJV)

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But I have said unto you Ye shall inherit their land and I will give it unto you to possess it a land that floweth with milk and honey I am the LORD your God which have separated you from other people

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But I. See on Ex 3:8 Ex 3:17 Ex 6:8

which. Le 20:26 Ex 19:5 Ex 19:6 Ex 33:16 Nu 23:9 De 7:6 De 14:2 1Ki 8:53 Joh 15:19 2Co 6:17 1Pe 2:9

a land.Milk and honey were the chief dainties of the ancients as they are now among the Arabs, particularly the Bedouins. Hence not only the Hebrews, but also the Greeks and Romans, painted the highest pleasantness and fertility by an abundance of milk and honey. The image used in the text, and frequently by ancient authors on similar subjects, is a metaphor, derived from a breast, producing copious streams of milk.

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