...by the King's son : that it was a country exceedingly glorious, and beautiful beyond description — a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths...hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and Jig-trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil-olive, and honey; a land where the inhabitants eat bread...

...explain the meaning of our text. " The LORD thy GOD," says Moses, " bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of valleys and hills." Then it is added, " a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates, a land...

...descriptive landscapes than these twelve vignettes, which describe some of the most romantic scenes in "a land of brooks of water: of fountains and depths, that spring out of the hills." The Author has brought to our view the mountains, hills, and dales, and all the lovely...

...their promised inheritance, and was describing its valuable productions to them, he spoke of it as " a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees and pomegranates." l The Israelites had been acquainted with the vine in Egypt, where it had long been cultivated. In...

...Moses to his nation, a little before he died : " The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land ; a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths,...hills ; a land of wheat and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates, a land of oil olive and honey.8 If to the natural fertility of this highly...

...it, found that it was as Moses described it: "For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths,...hills : a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees, and pomegranates ? a land of oil, olive, and honey ; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread...

...Israelites the Land of Canaan before they entered it — The Lord thy God bringetft thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills : (Deut. viii. 7.) Similar,' and equally exact in description, is the language of the civ"1 Psalm :...

...intersected by numerous brooks and streams ; whence it is not more emphatically than beautifully described as a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of rallies and hills. And the same preference is given to this day by the Eelauts (a Tartar tribe occupying...

...discoveries of modern travel bear testimony to the fidelity of the ancient description of it — " a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths, that spring out of the vallies and hills." The mountainous districts of this once-favoured country, arc principally composed...

...which Moses describes it to his people, as " a land flowing with milk and honey" — "a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths,...fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil-olive ; a land wherein they should eat bread without scarceness," and where they should " not lack any thing,"...