Reference: Milk
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Is often alluded to in the Bible, as a symbol of pure, simple, and wholesome truth, Heb 5:12-13; 1Pe 2:2; and in connection with honey, to denote fertility and plenty, Ge 49:12; Nu 16:13; Jos 5:6. The Jews and their neighbors used not only the milk of cows, but also that of camels, sheep, and goats, Ge 32:15; De 32:14; Pr 27:27. See BUTTER and CHEESE.
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thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
His eyes red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that flowed with milk and honey to make us die in the wilderness, but thou must also make thyself lord to rule over us?
butter of cows and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams of the sons of Bashan (or fruitfulness) and goats with the fat of kidneys, of wheat; and thou didst drink the blood of the grape, pure wine.
For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness until all the people that were men of war, who had come out of Egypt, were consumed because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD; therefore, the LORD swore unto them that he would not let them see the land which the LORD had sworn unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey.
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens.
For you should now be teaching others, if we look at the time, yet you need to be taught again which are the first elements of the oracles of God and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food. For any one that uses milk is not qualified in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.
Easton
(1.) Hebrew halabh, "new milk", milk in its fresh state (Jg 4:19). It is frequently mentioned in connection with honey (Ex 3:8; 13:5; Jos 5:6; Isa 7:15,22; Jer 11:5). Sheep (De 32:14) and goats (Pr 27:27) and camels (Ge 32:15), as well as cows, are made to give their milk for the use of man. Milk is used figuratively as a sign of abundance (Ge 49:12; Eze 25:4; Joe 3:18). It is also a symbol of the rudiments of doctrine (1Co 3:2; Heb 5:12-13), and of the unadulterated word of God (1Pe 2:2).
(2.) Heb hem'ah, always rendered "butter" in the Authorized Version. It means "butter," but also more frequently "cream," or perhaps, as some think, "curdled milk," such as that which Abraham set before the angels (Ge 18:8), and which Jael gave to Sisera (Jg 5:25). In this state milk was used by travellers (2Sa 17:29). If kept long enough, it acquired a slightly intoxicating or soporific power.
This Hebrew word is also sometimes used for milk in general (De 32:14; Job 20:17).
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And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had dressed and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
His eyes red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and broad land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the places of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
And when the LORD shall have brought thee into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt do this service in this month.
butter of cows and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams of the sons of Bashan (or fruitfulness) and goats with the fat of kidneys, of wheat; and thou didst drink the blood of the grape, pure wine.
butter of cows and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams of the sons of Bashan (or fruitfulness) and goats with the fat of kidneys, of wheat; and thou didst drink the blood of the grape, pure wine.
For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness until all the people that were men of war, who had come out of Egypt, were consumed because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD; therefore, the LORD swore unto them that he would not let them see the land which the LORD had sworn unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey.
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk and gave him to drink and covered him again.
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth cream in a lordly dish.
and honey and butter and sheep and cheese of cows for David and for the people that were with him, to eat, for they said, These people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens.
He shall eat butter and honey that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
and it shall come to pass for the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
that I may confirm the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, that I would give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered, and said, Amen, O LORD.
behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee and pitch their tents in thee; they shall eat thy plantings, and they shall drink thy milk.
And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD and shall water the valley of Shittim.
I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food, for until now ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
For you should now be teaching others, if we look at the time, yet you need to be taught again which are the first elements of the oracles of God and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food. For any one that uses milk is not qualified in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.
as newborn babes, desire the rational milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby in health;
Fausets
Children's food everywhere (1Pe 2:2; 1Co 3:2; Heb 5:12). In the East a leading element in men's diet also. "A land flowing with milk" symbolizes abundance (Ex 3:8; De 6:3). Chalab, "milk," means "fairness, fresh milk"; chemah is "milk coagulated", and is translated in KJV "butter"; rather leben, an Eastern preparation of milk (Jg 4:19; 5:25). Emblem of gospel blessings (Isa 55:1). In Job 21:24 translated for "breasts" "his milk vessels (Lee: Umbreit, his watering places for his herds) are full of milk." Also Job 20:17; 29:6, "I washed my steps with butter," i.e. wherever I stepped the richest plenty flowed for me.
Isa 60:16, "thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles," i.e. draw to thyself all their riches, or have them completely subject (Eze 25:4). The milk of sheep, camels, goats, and cows was used (De 32:14; Ge 32:15; Pr 27:27); "butter" in our sense occurs Pr 30:33. The leben; keeps for a considerable time, and so was suited to David's weary followers (2Sa 17:29). When the abundance of milk was due to the absence of tillage and of men to cultivate the lands, it was predicted as a scourge consequent on hostile invasion (Isa 7:22). Still offered in hospitality to the passing stranger, as by Abraham, Ge 18:8.
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And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had dressed and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and broad land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the places of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it that it may be well with thee and that ye may be multiplied exceedingly (as the LORD God of thy fathers has said unto thee) in the land that flows with milk and honey.
butter of cows and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams of the sons of Bashan (or fruitfulness) and goats with the fat of kidneys, of wheat; and thou didst drink the blood of the grape, pure wine.
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk and gave him to drink and covered him again.
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth cream in a lordly dish.
and honey and butter and sheep and cheese of cows for David and for the people that were with him, to eat, for they said, These people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens.
Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
and it shall come to pass for the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter; for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
Ho, every one that thirsts, come ye to the waters, and he that has no money; come ye, buy, and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of the kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee and pitch their tents in thee; they shall eat thy plantings, and they shall drink thy milk.
Set your sight on things above, not on things on the earth.
For you should now be teaching others, if we look at the time, yet you need to be taught again which are the first elements of the oracles of God and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food.
as newborn babes, desire the rational milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby in health;
Hastings
Milk was at all times an important article of diet among the Hebrews, and by ben-Sira is rightly assigned a prominent place among the principal things necessary for man's life (Sir 39:26). It was supplied by the females of the 'herd' and of the 'flock,' the latter term including both sheep and goats (De 32:14, where render 'sour milk [chem'
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thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in his mother's milk.
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not cook a kid in his mother's milk.
Ye shall not eat of any thing that died of itself; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates that he may eat it, or thou may sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not cook a kid in his mother's milk.
butter of cows and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams of the sons of Bashan (or fruitfulness) and goats with the fat of kidneys, of wheat; and thou didst drink the blood of the grape, pure wine.
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk and gave him to drink and covered him again.
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk and gave him to drink and covered him again.
She put her hand to the stake, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer, and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
and carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand and look how thy brethren fare and take their pledge.
and honey and butter and sheep and cheese of cows for David and for the people that were with him, to eat, for they said, These people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
Morish
This from cows, goats, sheep and camels is plentifully used in the East. It is drunk in its natural condition, or shaken up in a skin into a sour curdled state, called in scripture 'butter.' Flocks and herds were so numerous, and wild honey so plenteous, that the country was fitly called 'a land flowing with milk and honey.' Ge 18:8; Ex 3:8,17; 23:19; Joe 3:18. Milk is regarded as such a necessary article of sustenance that it is associated with wine to prefigure that which grace now supplies, without money and without price, and which will be supplied to Israel in a future day. Isa 55:1. In the description of Israel's promised glory it is said, "Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles." Isa 60:16. In the N.T. milk is a symbol of the sustenance of God's word, 1Pe 2:2; and is also referred to as food for infants in contrast to the solid food used by adults. 1Co 3:2; Heb 5:12-13.
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And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had dressed and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and broad land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the places of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in his mother's milk.
Ho, every one that thirsts, come ye to the waters, and he that has no money; come ye, buy, and eat; come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of the kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD and shall water the valley of Shittim.
I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food, for until now ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
For you should now be teaching others, if we look at the time, yet you need to be taught again which are the first elements of the oracles of God and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food. For any one that uses milk is not qualified in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.
as newborn babes, desire the rational milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby in health;
Smith
Milk.
As an article of diet, milk holds a more important position in eastern countries than with us. It is not a mere adjunct in cookery, or restricted to the use of the young, although it is naturally the characteristic food of childhood, both from its simple and nutritive qualities.
and particularly as contrasted with meat,
but beyond this it is regarded as substantial food adapted alike to all ages and classes. Not only the milk of cows, but of sheep,
De 32:14
of camels,
and of goats,
was used; that latter appears to have been most highly prized.
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thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
butter of cows and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams of the sons of Bashan (or fruitfulness) and goats with the fat of kidneys, of wheat; and thou didst drink the blood of the grape, pure wine.
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance of thy maidens.
I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food, for until now ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
For you should now be teaching others, if we look at the time, yet you need to be taught again which are the first elements of the oracles of God and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food.
as newborn babes, desire the rational milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby in health;