Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 26:9
And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, instructing them to recite this declaration during the firstfruits offering ceremony.
The words — וַיְבִיאֵנוּ (va.yvi'enu) translates literally as "and he brought us," while הָאָרֶץ (ha'aretz) means "the land," emphasizing God's direct agency in their relocation and inheritance.
The thread — This narrative of divine relocation echoes Exodus 3:8, where God promises to bring Israel to a good land, and aligns with Joshua 23:14, which records the fulfillment of that promise as the nation settles in Canaan.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge God's historical provision and respond with tangible worship, mirroring the immediate instruction to place the firstfruits basket before the Lord.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Cross-references
- Exodus 3:8 I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
- Joshua 23:14 Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.
- 1 Samuel 7:12 Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- Psalms 105:44 He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- Psalms 107:7 He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
- Ezekiel 20:6 On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.
- Ezekiel 20:15 Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—
- Acts 26:22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen: