Deuteronomy 1:28
Where are we going? Our brothers terrified us because they told us: ‘The people are bigger and taller than us; the towns are large, with high walls that reach the sky. We even saw the descendants of the giant Anak there!’”
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29So I told you, “Don't be frightened or scared of them!
Cross References
Numbers 13:28But the people living there are strong, and their towns are big and have defensive walls. We also saw some descendants of Anak there.
Deuteronomy 7:17You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than us. How on earth can we drive them out?”
Deuteronomy 9:2The people are strong and tall; they are the descendants of the Anakim. You all know about them and you have heard the saying, “Who could ever defeat the sons of Anak?”
Deuteronomy 20:20However, you may destroy the trees that you know are not fruit trees. You can use them to build siege equipment to attack the town that is fighting against you until it falls.
Joshua 2:11When we heard all this, our courage melted away. Nobody had any fighting spirit left because of you. For the Lord your God is God of heaven above and the earth below.
Joshua 11:22and there were no descendants of Anak left in the land of Israel, only some in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:20-46
Israel's Sin at Kadesh. ( b. c. 1451.) 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be… Read the whole commentary →