Numbers 13:28

Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Anak.

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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 reported to him, and said, We came into the land into which thou sentest us, a land flowing with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

29And Amalek dwells in the land toward the south: and the Hittite and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:33And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yea even so were we before them.

Deuteronomy 2:10Formerly the Emim dwelt in it, a great and numerous nation and powerful, like the Anakim.

Deuteronomy 3:5all strong cities, lofty walls, gates and bars; besides the very many cities of the Perizzites.

Joshua 11:22There was not anyone left of the Anakim by the children of Israel, only there was left of them in Gaza, and in Gath, and in Ashdod.

Joshua 15:14And Caleb the son of Jephunneh destroyed thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Talmai, and Ahiman.

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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