“milk and honey” (Heb. chalab vedebash) (Josh. 5:6). Strong’s #2461; 1706: This phrase is frequently used in the OT to describe the land of Canaan, a land flowing with milk and honey (Ex. 3:8; Lev. 20:24; Num. 14:8; Deut. 6:3). The phrase depicts both the fertility of the land and its bounty (Num. 13:23–27). The land could support plenty of cows to supply an abundance of milk, and a variety of plants for bees to frequent. The expression also represents the two distinct lifestyles that the land of