Numbers 14:8

If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

Cross-references

Numbers 13:27 is the spies' report that first calls Canaan a land flowing with milk and honey—the phrase Caleb and Joshua repeat here.

Deuteronomy 10:15 Related theme

Deuteronomy 10:15 affirms God set His affection on Israel's fathers, confirming the condition of delight in Numbers 14:8.

2 Samuel 15:25 echoes this same conditional trust: 'If I find favor... He will bring me back'—a parallel to the promised return.

2 Samuel 15:26 completes David's thought—if no delight, he submits—directly paralleling the 'if He delights' condition here.

2 Samuel 22:20 states God delivered David because He delighted in him—the same cause-effect as the promised deliverance here.

1 Kings 10:9 blesses God who delighted in Solomon to make him king—echoing the delight that leads to blessing in Numbers.

Psalm 22:8 Contrast

Psalm 22:8 mocks the sufferer with 'since He delights in him'—an ironic twist on the sincere conditional delight here.

Psalm 147:11 reveals what God delights in—those who fear Him—parallel to the condition for His delight in Numbers.

Exodus 3:8 Allusion

Exodus 3:8 is the original promise of a land flowing with milk and honey, which Caleb and Joshua echo here to encourage the people.

Ezekiel 20:6 explicitly recounts God's oath to bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey, the same promise Caleb trusts here.

Deuteronomy 27:3 again uses the phrase 'land flowing with milk and honey' as a reminder of God's promise, echoing the description here.

Joshua 14:12 shows Caleb later trusting God to give him the hill country, directly recalling the faith and promise from this passage.

In 2 Kings 18:32, the Assyrian envoy uses the same 'land of milk and honey' promise to deceive — contrasting God's genuine promise with an enemy's false one.

Jeremiah 2:7 recalls God bringing Israel to a plentiful land, but then they defiled it — showing the fulfillment and subsequent corruption of the promise.

Exodus 33:3 Contrast

Exodus 33:3 shows God giving the land despite displeasure, contrasting with the condition here that God's delight is required to enter.

Jeremiah 32:41 shows God rejoicing to plant His people in the land, mirroring the condition here that God's delight leads to inheriting Canaan.

Deuteronomy 1:21 repeats the command to go up and take possession without fear, reinforcing the same confidence Caleb and Joshua express here.

Isaiah 62:4 Parallel

In Isaiah 62:4, God's delight in His people is renewed, paralleling the conditional promise here that His delight brings possession of the land.

Psalm 44:3 Parallel

Psalm 44:3 echoes that God gave the land because of His favor, not human strength — reinforcing that God's delight is the basis for the promise.

Zephaniah 3:17 describes God rejoicing over His people with gladness, echoing the same divine delight that here determines entry into the land.