Is it in the Bible?
Is “A land flowing with milk and honey” in the Bible?
Yes. “A land flowing with milk and honey” is in the Bible, at Exodus 3:8. God says it to Moses at the burning bush.
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Where it is, and what it means there.
From the Bible
Yes. It is in the Bible.
The verse is Exodus 3:8.
God says it to Moses at the burning bush.
The verse
I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to lead them up from that land into a fine, wide land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the region of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Exodus 3:8 · open the chapter →
What it means there
It is God’s description of Canaan, the land he promised to Israel: a good, wide land with plenty for flocks and people.
Also in the Bible
So I have declared that I will lead you up out of your misery in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.”’
Exodus 3:17 · open the chapter →
They told Moses, “We went into the land where you sent us. It does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
Numbers 13:27 · open the chapter →
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Is “A land flowing with milk and honey” in the Bible?
Yes. “A land flowing with milk and honey” is in the Bible, at Exodus 3:8. These exact words are in 18 verses of the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible. God says it to Moses at the burning bush.
Where in the Bible is “A land flowing with milk and honey”?
In Exodus 3:8, and also Exodus 3:17 and Numbers 13:27. In the Lumin Translation, Exodus 3:8 reads: “I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to lead them up from that land into a fine, wide land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the region of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the…”
Who said “A land flowing with milk and honey”?
God says it to Moses at the burning bush.
What does “A land flowing with milk and honey” mean in the Bible?
It is God’s description of Canaan, the land he promised to Israel: a good, wide land with plenty for flocks and people.
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