Numbers 13:28
But the people living there are strong, and their towns are big and have defensive walls. We also saw some descendants of Anak there.
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Numbers 13:33We even saw giants there—people descended from Anak the giant! Compared to them we looked like grasshoppers, and we must have looked like that to them too!”
Deuteronomy 2:10(A strong and numerous people called the Emim once lived there. They were as tall as the Anakim,
Deuteronomy 3:5All of these towns were fortified with high walls and gates with bars. There were many more villages as well, those that didn't have walls.
Joshua 11:22and there were no descendants of Anak left in the land of Israel, only some in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
Joshua 15:14Caleb drove out three family groups—Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants 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 →