Numbers 13:33

And before the sons of Israel they disparaged the land, which they had inspected, saying: “The land, which we viewed, devours its inhabitants. The people, upon whom we gazed, were of lofty stature.

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In The King James Version

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

In Context

32Yet truly, the others, who had been with him, were saying, “By no means are we able to ascend to this people, because they are stronger than we are.”

34There, we saw some monsters among the sons of Anak, of the race of giants; by comparison with them, we seemed like locusts.”

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Cross References

Numbers 13:22And when they had ascended, they explored the land from the desert of Sin, all the way to Rehob, as one enters into Hamath.

Deuteronomy 2:10The Emim were the first of its inhabitants, a people great and strong, and of such great height, like the race of the Anakim.

Deuteronomy 9:2a people great and lofty, the sons of the Anakim, whom you yourselves have seen and heard, against whom no one is able to stand.

1 Samuel 17:24Then all the Israelites, when they had seen the man, fled from his face, fearing him greatly.

2 Samuel 21:20A fourth battle was in Gath. In that place, there was a lofty man, who had six digits on each hand and each foot, that is, twenty-four in all, and he was from the origins of Arapha.

Isaiah 40:22He is the One who sits upon the globe of the earth, and its inhabitants are like locusts. He extends the heavens as if they were nothing, and he spreads them out like a tent, in which to dwell.

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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