...always " upon it, from the beginning of the year, even unto " the end of the year ; and therefore it is a good land, " a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths " that spring out of vallies and hills, a land of wheat " and barley, and vines and fig-trees, and pomegran" ates, a land...

...defcribed by Mofes in the following terms, Deut. viii. 7, 8, " The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains .and depths, that fpring out of valleys and hills. A land of wheat and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates,...

...is more fully shown by Moses not long before his death : — " The Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains...vines, and fig-trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey; a land wherein tbou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything."...

...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...

...which serves to 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...

...promise made by 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...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...

...possession of 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...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...

...to the 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 :...