"Indeed,you have not broughtus into a landflowingwith milkand honey,norhave you givenus an inheritanceof fieldsand vineyards.Would you putout the eyesof thesemen?We will not comeup!"
"Ifa manlets a fieldorvineyardbe grazed[bare] and letshis animallooseso that it grazesin anotherman's field,he shall makerestitutionfrom the bestof his own fieldand the bestof his own vineyard.
"You shall sowyour landfor sixyearsand gatherin its yield,
but [on] the seventhyearyou shall letit restand liefallow,so that the needyof your peoplemay eat;and whatever they leavethe beastof the fieldmay eat.You are to dothe samewith your vineyard[and] your olivegrove.
"So I said,I will bringyou up out of the afflictionof Egyptto the landof the Canaaniteand the Hittiteand the Amoriteand the Perizziteand the Hiviteand the Jebusite,to a landflowingwith milkand honey."'
"So I have comedownto deliverthem from the powerof the Egyptians,and to bringthem up from that landto a goodand spaciousland,to a landflowingwith milkand honey,to the placeof the Canaaniteand the Hittiteand the Amoriteand the Perizziteand the Hiviteand the Jebusite.
Hence I have saidto you, "You are to possesstheir land,and I Myselfwill giveit to you to possessit, a landflowingwith milkand honey."I am the LORDyour God,whohas separatedyou from the peoples.
Thus they toldhim, and said,"We wentin to the landwhereyou sentus; and it certainlydoes flowwith milkand honey,and thisis its fruit.
"Ifthe LORDis pleasedwith us, then He will bringus into thislandand giveit to us-- a landwhichflowswith milkand honey.
"Whyhave you made us comeup from Egypt,to bringus in to thiswretchedplace?It is not a placeof grainor figsor vinesor pomegranates,noris therewaterto drink."
Then the Philistinesseizedhim and gougedout his eyes;and they broughthim downto Gazaand boundhim with bronzechains,and he was a grinderin the prison.
But Nahashthe Ammonitesaidto them, "I will make[it] with you on thiscondition, that I will gougeout the righteyeof everyoneof you, thus I will makeit a reproachon allIsrael."
