Bible Dictionary:

land flowing with milk and honey

In the Old Testament, a poetic name for the Promised Land.

  • Figuratively, a “land of milk and honey” is any place of great abundance.

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    Bible Dictionary. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.  Read more

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