Numbers 13:28

However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, very great, and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

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In The King James Version

Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

In Context

27And they told him, and said, We came to the land where thou sent us. And surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it.

29Amalek dwells in the land of the South. And the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill-country. And the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:33And we saw there the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim. And we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

Deuteronomy 2:10(The Emim dwelt in it formerly, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim.

Deuteronomy 3:5All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the un-walled towns a great many.

Joshua 11:22There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod some remained.

Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 13:27-33

26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we… Read the whole commentary →

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