Numbers 13:27
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Cross-reference
Numbers 14:8 repeats the 'land flowing with milk and honey' phrase from the spies' report, expressing faith that God will give it.
Numbers 14:7 repeats the positive assessment of the land as 'exceedingly good' from Joshua and Caleb.
Deuteronomy 26:9 affirms that God gave the land flowing with milk and honey — the same blessing the spies reported.
Ezekiel 20:15 uses the same phrase but in a judgment: God swears not to bring them in due to rebellion.
Jeremiah 32:22 reiterates this land description as a gift sworn to ancestors.
Jeremiah 11:5 echoes this same 'land flowing with milk and honey' as a covenantal oath sworn to the ancestors.
Joshua 5:6 recalls that the disobedient generation never saw the milk-and-honey land the spies reported — fulfilling the judgment.
Deuteronomy 31:20 warns that after enjoying the milk-and-honey land, Israel will turn to other gods — contrasting the spies’ good report with future unfaithfulness.
Deuteronomy 27:3 commands writing the law after entering the land flowing with milk and honey — the same land the spies saw.
Exodus 3:8 is the first instance of 'land flowing with milk and honey' — God's promise that the spies later confirm.
Deuteronomy 11:9 repeats the promise of a land flowing with milk and honey, linking long life in the land to obedience.
In Deuteronomy 6:3, the land flowing with milk and honey is tied to obedience — a conditional promise echoing the spies’ confirmation.
Deuteronomy 1:25-33 retells the same spy report, adding the people’s refusal to trust God despite the good land.
In Leviticus 20:24, God repeats the promise of a land flowing with milk and honey — the very phrase the spies use in their report.
In Exodus 33:3, God first describes Canaan as land flowing with milk and honey — the same promise the spies confirm here.
Exodus 13:5 again uses 'land flowing with milk and honey' in the Passover instructions, echoing the spies' description.
Exodus 3:17 repeats the promise of a land flowing with milk and honey, listing the nations whose land the spies report.
Nehemiah 9:25 describes the fulfillment of entering the land's bounty, echoing the milky-honey abundance.
Jeremiah 2:7 recalls God bringing Israel into a fertile land to eat its fruit, but then they defiled it.
2 Kings 18:32 describes a promised land with olive trees and honey—similar imagery but from an enemy's propaganda.