⁵ When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites,^[a] which he swore to your ancestors that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey,^(A) you must carry out this ceremony in this month.^(B)

²³ When they came to Eshcol^(A) Valley, they cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes, which was carried on a pole by two men. They also took some pomegranates and figs.^{(B) 24} That place was called Eshcol^[a] Valley because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there. ²⁵ At the end of forty days^(C) they returned from scouting out the land.

Report about Canaan

²⁶ The men went back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for them and the whole community, and they showed them the fruit of the land.^{(D) 27} They reported to Moses, “We went into the land where you sent us. Indeed it is flowing with milk and honey,^(E) and here is some of its fruit.

⁸ a land of wheat, barley, vines, figs, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;