Num 13:1-3 God’s promise to give the promised land of “Canaan” to the people of Israel, the land overflowing with “milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8), had first been given to Abraham (Genesis 15:18-21), then confirmed to Isaac (Genesis 26:3) and to Jacob (Genesis 28:13). The “promised land” of the Old Testament can be symbolically likened to the “kingdom of heaven” …
