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New American Standard Bible 'Hence I have said to you, "You are to possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
King James BibleBut 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.
Holman Christian Standard BibleAnd I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am Yahweh your God who set you apart from the peoples.
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Exodus 3:8,17 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, …
Exodus 6:8 And I will bring you in to the land, concerning the which I did swear …
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.
Leviticus 20:26 And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed …
Exodus 19:5,6 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, …
Exodus 33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and your people have found …
Numbers 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold …
Deuteronomy 7:6 For you are an holy people to the LORD your God: the LORD your God …
Deuteronomy 14:2 For you are an holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has …
1 Kings 8:53 For you did separate them from among all the people of the earth, …
John 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because …
2 Corinthians 6:17 Why come out from among them, and be you separate, said the Lord, …
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, …
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