Leviticus 20:24-26

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²⁴But I have said to you, “You are to inherit and take possession of their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land [of plenty] ^[a]flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples (pagan nations). ²⁵You are therefore to make a distinction between the [ceremonially] clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything that crawls on the ground, which I have set apart from you as unclean. ²⁶You are to be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (nations) to be Mine.

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Footnotes

Leviticus 20:24 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.