Num 13:27 | NET2full | STEP | They told Moses, “We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey , and this is its fruit .

‏ Numbers 13:27

27 They told Moses, ^{▼▼tn Heb “told him and said.” The referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} “We went to the land where you sent us. ^{▼▼tn The relative clause modifies “the land.” It is constructed with the relative and the verb: “where you sent us.”} It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, ^{▼▼sn This is the common expression for the material abundance of the land (see further, F. C. Fensham, “An Ancient Tradition of the Fertility of Palestine,” PEQ 98 [1966]: 166-67).} and this is its fruit.