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 and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?
Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food. For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
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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He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
It shall be, when Yahweh shall bring you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty." She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."
He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left in the midst of the land.
that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, Yahweh.
therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.
It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will come forth from the house of Yahweh, and will water the valley of Shittim.
I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,
For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food. For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
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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He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
thirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty." She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."
He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
For as 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 happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left in the midst of the land.
"Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
You shall also drink the milk of the nations, and shall nurse from royal breasts; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.
Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.
For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
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 and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
"You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk."
You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty." She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty." She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news."
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David, and for the people who were with him, to eat: for they said, "The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness."
His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
For as 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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He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'
The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of Yahweh your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
"Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
You shall also drink the milk of the nations, and shall nurse from royal breasts; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will come forth from the house of Yahweh, and will water the valley of Shittim.
I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,
For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food. For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,
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 and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. Of the blood of the grape you drank wine.
There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, for your family's food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
I fed you with milk, not with meat; for you weren't yet ready. Indeed, not even now are you ready,
For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby,