Numbers 13:33
And they spoke ill of the land, which they had viewed, before the children of Israel, saying: The land which we have viewed, devoureth its inhabitants: the people, that we beheld, are of a tall stature.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Numbers 13:22And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.
Deuteronomy 2:10The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims,
Deuteronomy 9:2A People great and tall, the sons of the Enacims, whom thou hast seen, and heard of, against whom no man is able to stand.
1 Samuel 17:24And all the Israelites when they saw the man, fled from his face, fearing him exceedingly.
2 Samuel 21:20A fourth battle was in Geth. where there was a man of great stature, that had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, four and twenty in all, and he was of the race of Arapha.
Isaiah 40:22It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
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 →