Deuteronomy 26:9

9 and He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, ¹a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 26:9 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 26:9

And he hath brought us unto this place
After forty years travel through the wilderness:

and hath given us this land, [even] a land that floweth with milk and
honey;
an usual description of the land of Canaan, because of the great fertility of it, and the abundance of good things in it; see ( Exodus 3:8 ) .

Deuteronomy 26:9 In-Context

7 'Then we cried to the LORD , the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression;

8 and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders;

9 and He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10 'Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground which You, O LORD have given me.' And you shall set it down before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God;

11 and you and the Levite and the alien who is among you shall rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given you and your household.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 3:8, 17