Numbers 14:7

and told the Israelites, “The country we traveled through and explored has very good land.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb, son of Jephunneh, were there. They had been part of the group who had gone to spy out the land. They ripped their clothes,

8If the Lord is happy with us, he will take us there and give it to us, a land that's so productive it's like flowing with milk and honey.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:27This is the report they gave to Moses: “We went and explored the country you sent us to, and it is definitely very productive, as if it was flowing with milk and honey. Just look at some of its fruit!

Deuteronomy 1:25They brought back some of the country's fruit, carrying it down to us, and gave us the report: “The Lord our God is giving us good land.”

Deuteronomy 8:7For the Lord your God is taking you to a good country. It's a land of streams and pools and springs that flow through the valleys and down the hills;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:6-11

The Expostulation of Joshua and Caleb. ( b. c. 1490.) 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: 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. 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it… Read the whole commentary →

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