Strata: Ancient Apiary on Display

“And I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8). This promise to bring the Israelites into a good land appears in the Book of Exodus; the Lord speaks it to Moses from the burning bush.

While we know this refers to the land of Israel, what does “flowing with milk and honey” mean? We’ve dissected it before,^a but a new exhibit at the Eretz Israel Museum curated by Irit Ziffer, It Is the Land of Honey, looks at this question anew—allowing you to step into this ancient land with its abundant supply of milk and honey.