Numbers 14:8

14:8 If the Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us – a land that is flowing with milk and honey. ¹ 

Numbers 20:26

20:26 Remove Aaron’s priestly garments ²  and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors ³  and will die there.”

Numbers 32:38

32:38 Nebo, Baal Meon (with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed ⁴  the cities they built.

¹ tn The subjective genitives “milk and honey” are symbols of the wealth of the land, second only to bread. Milk was a sign of such abundance (Gen 49:12; Isa 7:21,22). Because of the climate the milk would thicken quickly and become curds, eaten with bread or turned into butter. The honey mentioned here is the wild honey (see Deut 32:13; Judg 14:8-9). It signified sweetness, or the finer things of life (Ezek 3:3).

² tn The word “priestly” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “will be gathered”; this is a truncated form of the usual expression “gathered to his ancestors,” found in v. 24. The phrase “to his ancestors” is supplied in the translation here.

³ tn Heb “called names.”