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Deuteronomy 11:9

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9 and 1that you may live long in the land 2that the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, 3a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Deuteronomy 11:9 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 11:9

And that ye may prolong your days in the land
Not only enter it, and take possession of it, but continue in it long, which depended upon their obedience to the laws of God:

which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their
seed;
had promised with an oath, so that they might be assured of the enjoyment of it, though they could not be of their continuance in it, unless they obeyed the divine commands:

a land that floweth with milk and honey;
abounds with all good things, whose fruits are fat as milk, and sweet as honey; so the Targum of Jonathan.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 11:9 In-Context

7 For your eyes have seen all the great work of the LORD that he did.
8 "You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess,
9 and that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it, like a garden of vegetables.
11 But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven,

Cross References 3

  • 1. See Deuteronomy 4:40
  • 2. See Genesis 50:24
  • 3. Exodus 3:8
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