Numbers 14:8

If the Lord have delight in us, then will he bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which is flowing with milk and honey.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7And they said unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, as followeth, The land, through which we have passed to spy it out, this land is exceedingly good.

9Only against the Lord do ye not rebel; and then ye need not fear the people of the land; for they are our bread: their shadow is departed from them, while the Lord is with us; fear them not.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:8And I am come down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring it up out of that land unto a land, good and large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Deuteronomy 10:15Yet only in thy fathers had the Lord delight, to love them; he chose, therefore, their seed after them, namely you, from all the nations, as it is this day.

2 Samuel 15:25And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city; if I shall find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back again, and show me both it, and his dwelling;

1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath had delight in thee, to place thee on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loveth Israel for ever, therefore hath he made thee king, to do justice and righteousness.

Psalms 22:8(22:9) “Let him throw himself on the Lord, that he may deliver him: he will save him, for he delighteth in him.”

Psalms 147:11The Lord taketh pleasure in those that fear him, that wait for his kindness.

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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