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Exodus 3:

Ellicott's:

This expression, here used for the first time, was already, it is probable, a proverbial one, denoting generally, richness and fertility.
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Benson:

A proverbial expression: abounding with the choicest fruits, both for necessity and delight.
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Keil and Delitzsch:

Milk and honey are the simplest and choicest productions of a land abounding in grass and flowers, and were found in Palestine in great abundance even when it was in a desolate condition.
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The phrase was used to describe exceptional abundance and blessing. While Canaan was fertile, especially compared to the surrounding desert, the phrase was a metaphor and a hyperbole.
 

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When I look at modern-day Palestine, it seems like all the pictures I see our desert. It is hard to imagine it being considered a land of “milk and honey“. But historians also talk about the fertile crescent, which includes this area. I don’t think it is considered to be a fertile crescent today. Perhaps the climate was different back then and it was in fact a more lush land??
 
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