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Numbers 13:27

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.

KJV

venerunt ad Moysen et Aaron et ad omnem cœtum filiorum Israël in desertum Pharan, quod est in Cades. Locutique eis et omni multitudini ostenderunt fructus terræ :

Vulgate

καὶ πορευθέντες ἦλθον πρὸς Μωυσῆν καὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ πρὸς πᾶσαν συναγωγὴν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Φαρὰν Καδής· καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτοῖς ῥῆμα καὶ πάσῃ συναγωγῇ, καὶ ἔδειξαν τὸν καρπὸν τῆς γῆς.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יְסַפְּרוּ ל/וֹ֙ וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ בָּ֕אנוּ אֶל הָ/אָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שְׁלַחְתָּ֑/נוּ וְ֠/גַם זָבַ֨ת חָלָ֥ב וּ/דְבַ֛שׁ הִ֖וא וְ/זֶה פִּרְיָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
דְבָֽשׁ
dbsh
noun · 53×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
זָבַ֥ת
zbt
verb · 42×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חָלָ֖ב
chlb
noun · 43×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
סֹּפֵ֔ר
spr
verb · 161×
פְּרִ֣י
pry
noun · 118×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 1:25 — And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
  • Deut 6:3 — Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk
  • Deut 11:9 — And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
  • Deut 26:9 — And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
  • Deut 26:11 — And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
  • Deut 27:3 — And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; a
  • Deut 27:3 — And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; a
  • Deut 31:20 — For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn
  • Exod 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
  • Exod 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
  • Exod 3:17 — And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a
  • Exod 13:5 — And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a
  • Exod 33:3 — Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
  • Ezek 20:6 — In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
  • Jer 2:7 — And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
  • Num 14:7 — And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
  • Num 14:8 — If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
  • Num 14:8 — If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.