Numbers 13:27-29

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²⁷They reported to Moses and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does ^[a]flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. ²⁸But the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are ^[b]fortified (walled) and very large; moreover, we saw there the descendants of Anak [people of great stature and courage]. ²⁹[The people descended from] Amalek live in the land of the Negev (South country); the Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the [Dead] Sea and along the side of the Jordan.”

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Footnotes

Numbers 13:27 This phrase referred to the abundant fertility of the land of Canaan. Milk (typically that of goats and sheep) was associated with abundance; “honey” referred mainly to syrups made from dates or grapes and was the epitome of sweetness. Bees’ honey was very rare and was considered the choicest of foods.
Numbers 13:28 The spies probably had not seen walled cities before, having lived their childhood in Goshen in Egypt. Those who forgot God’s power to help them naturally found the situation formidable.