Numbers 13:28

However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.

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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

27They told him, and said, “We came to the land where you sent us. Surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

29Amalek [Man who licks up] dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite [Descendant of Trembling fear], the Jebusite [Descendants of Thresher], and the Amorite [Descendants of Talkers] dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite [Descendant of Humbled] dwells by the sea, and along the side of the Jordan [Descender].”

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Cross References

Numbers 13:33There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim. We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”

Deuteronomy 2:10(The Emim lived therein before, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim.

Deuteronomy 3:5All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides a great many villages without walls.

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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