Numbers 13:28

However, the people who make their homes there are strong. The cities are fortified and very large. We also saw descendants of Anak there.

Unlocked Literal Bible

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 Moses, “We reached the land to which you sent us. It certainly flows with milk and honey. Here is some produce from it.

29The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites have their homes in the hill country. The Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan River.”

Read all of Numbers 13

Cross References

Numbers 13:33There we saw giants, descendants of Anak, people who came from giants. In our own sight we were like grasshoppers in comparison with them, and this is what we were in their sight, too.”

Deuteronomy 2:10(The Emites lived there previously, a people as great, as many, and as tall as the Anakim;

Deuteronomy 3:5These were all cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; this was besides very many unwalled villages.

Joshua 11:22None of the Anakim were left in the land of Israel except at Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

Joshua 15:14Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Numbers 13:28