Jos 5:6 | NETfull | STEP | Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the Lord , died off. For the Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

Joshua 5:6

6 Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the Lord, died off. ^{▼▼ Heb “all the nation, the men of war who went out from Egypt, who did not listen to the voice of the Lord, came to an end.”} For the Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, ^{▼▼ Some Hebrew mss, as well as the Syriac version, support this reading. Most ancient witnesses read “us.”} a land rich in ^{▼▼ Heb “flowing with.”} ^{▼▼ The word picture a land rich in milk and honey depicts the land as containing many grazing areas (which would produce milk) and flowering plants (which would support the bees that produced honey).} milk and honey.