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Milk and Honey
Topic Started: Jun 13 2011, 08:03 PM (496 Views)
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So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. 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. (Numbers 13:21-27)

There are a couple of conflicting opinions as to what it meant that the land flowed with milk and honey. Both suggest the land to be incredibly prosperous. One thought is that it meant the land was untamed, that it “flowed freely” with milk and honey, therefore, it would be very difficult to settle. This also implied that the people of the land were wild people, uncivilized and barbaric. The second idea was that the land was so rich and fertile that it simply could not be contained: that it “overflowed” with milk and honey. This would cause a tremendous concern to those desiring a pious and godly life. If they were unable to resist the temptation of leeks and onions in Egypt, how would they be able to stand against milk and honey? It is, therefore, suggested that the ten spies conspired in advance to deliver the same message in order to dissuade the people from entering in.
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