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Leviticus 20:24

But 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.

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ASV

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.

KJV

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֹמַ֣רva.'o.Marand I have saidH559 →
לָכֶ֗םla.Khemto <the> you
אַתֶּם֮'a.TemyouH859 →
תִּֽירְשׁ֣וּti.re.Shuyou will take possession ofH3423 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אַדְמָתָם֒'ad.ma.Tamground theirH127 →
וַאֲנִ֞יva.'a.Niand IH589 →
אֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה'et.te.Ne.nahI will give itH5414 →
לָכֶם֙la.Khemto <the> you
לָרֶ֣שֶׁתla.Re.shetto take possession ofH3423 →
אֹתָ֔הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853 →
אֶ֛רֶץ'E.retza landH776 →
זָבַ֥תza.Vatflowing ofH2100 →
חָלָ֖בcha.LavmilkH2461 →
וּדְבָ֑שׁu.de.Vashand honeyH1706 →
אֲנִי֙'a.NiIH589 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whoH834 →
הִבְדַּ֥לְתִּיhiv.Dal.tiI have separatedH914 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הָֽעַמִּֽים׃Ha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971 →

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Deuteronomy 14:2for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.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.Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.Exodus 3:17And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’Exodus 6:8And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”Exodus 33:16For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”Leviticus 20:26You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.Exodus 19:6And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”1 Kings 8:53For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.Numbers 16:14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”Ezekiel 20:6On 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.Jeremiah 11:5This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.Numbers 23:9For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Exodus 33:3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”Exodus 13:5And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.Deuteronomy 27:3Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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