"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!"
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.
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."
Then the Philistinesseizedhim and gougedout his eyes;and they broughthim downto Gazaand boundhim with bronzechains,and he was a grinderin the prison.
"Whyhave you made us comeup from Egypt,to bringus in to thiswretchedplace?It is not a placeof grainor figsor vinesor pomegranates,noris therewaterto drink."
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.
"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.
"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.
"You shall sowyour landfor sixyearsand gatherin its yield,
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.
