Leviticus 20:24

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24 H559 H8799 En Ik heb u gezegd H127 : Gij zult hun land H3423 H8799 erfelijk bezitten H5414 H8799 , en Ik zal u dat geven H3423 H8800 , opdat gij hetzelve erfelijk bezit H776 , een land H2100 H8802 vloeiende H2461 van melk H1706 en honig H3068 ; Ik ben de HEERE H430 , uw God H5971 , Die u van de volken H914 H8689 afgezonderd heb!

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But I. See on
Exodus 3:8; Exodus 3:17; Exodus 6:8
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.
which.
Leviticus 20:26; Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:6; Exodus 33:16; Numbers 23:9; Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; 1 Kings 8:53; John 15:19
2 Corinthians 6:17; 1 Peter 2:9