And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land he promised your ancestors he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you must observe this ceremony every year in this month.
God is telling the Israelites that when they reach the Promised Land, they must continue celebrating Passover every year to remember how he rescued them from Egypt.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes during Moses' instructions about Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, given right after the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. The five groups mentioned were the main Canaanite tribes occupying the Promised Land that God had sworn to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob centuries earlier. The phrase 'land flowing with milk and honey' was a common biblical expression describing the fertility and abundance of the Promised Land.
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