Numbers 13:31

But the men who went up with him said, We cannot go up against the people,—for stronger, are they than we.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.

In Context

30And Caleb stilled the people unto Moses,—and said unto them—Let us go straight up, and possess it, for we shall, surely prevail, against it.

32So they sent forth a rumour of the land which they had spied out, among the sons of Israel, saying,—As touching the land through which we passed to spy it out, it is, land that eateth up them who dwell therein, And all the people that we saw in the midst thereof, were men of great stature.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:7Wherefore, then, should ye dissuade the heart of the sons of Israel, from passing over into the land which Yahweh hath given to them?

Deuteronomy 1:28Whither, are, we, to go up? Our own brethren, have made our heart melt saying—A people greater and taller than we, cities large and walled-up into the heavens,—yea, moreover sons of Anakim, have we seen there.

Joshua 14:8But, my brethren who had been up with me, made the heart of the people melt,—whereas, I, wholly followed Yahweh my God.

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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