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Ezekiel 20:6

On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.

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ASV

in that day I sware unto them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

KJV

In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117 →
הַה֗וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
נָשָׂ֤אתִיna.Sa.tiI lifted upH5375 →
יָדִי֙ya.Dihand myH3027 →
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto them
לְהֽוֹצִיאָ֖םle.ho.tzi.'Amto bring out themH3318 →
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776 →
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אֶ֜רֶץ'E.retza landH776 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
תַּ֣רְתִּיTar.tiI had selectedH8446 →
לָהֶ֗םla.Hemfor them
זָבַ֤תza.Vatflowing ofH2100 →
חָלָב֙cha.LavmilkH2461 →
וּדְבַ֔שׁu.de.Vashand honeyH1706 →
צְבִ֥יtze.Vi[is] beautyH6643 →
הִ֖יאhi'itH1931 →
לְכָל־le.kholto allH3605 →
הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ha.'a.ra.Tzotthe landsH776 →

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Deuteronomy 8:7For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;Psalms 106:24They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.Jeremiah 32:22You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.Ezekiel 20:15Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—Psalms 48:2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.Daniel 8:9From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.Zechariah 7:14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”Deuteronomy 1:33who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.Deuteronomy 26:9And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.Ezekiel 20:42Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.Deuteronomy 8:7–9For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;Leviticus 20:24But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.Exodus 14:1–15Then the LORD said to Moses,Numbers 13:27And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!Deuteronomy 6:3Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.Ezekiel 20:23However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.Deuteronomy 32:13–14He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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