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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

cows' milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, "The
people have become hungry and tired and thirsty in the
desert." (2 Samuel, 17:28-29)

And I am come down... to bring them up out of that land into
a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and hon-
ey... (Exodus, 3:8)

... The children of Israel gave in abundance... oil and honey
and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount,
a tithe of everything. (2 Chronicles, 31:5)

Milk:

The Prophet Muhammad [may God bless him and grant
him peace]: "Whenever God gives someone milk to drink,

let that person pray 'My Lord, make this milk plentiful for
us and give us more milk.' I know of no fitter food and
drink than milk." 55
Of all drinks, he loved milk the best. 56

He asked for water, and she gave him milk... (Judges, 5:25)

... She opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered
him up. (Judges, 4:19)

... A land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful
of all lands... (Ezekiel, 20:6)

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