Numbers 13:28

Translations

Modern

Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Nevertheless indeed the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, and very large. And moreover, we saw those born of of Anak there.

Latin

…sed cultores fortissimos habet, et urbes grandes atque muratas. Stirpem Enac vidimus ibi.

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English

Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

Notes

Numbers 13:25–29

The spies agreed the land was good, but most doubted Israel could conquer it. The strong and well-fed Canaanites had built fortified towns for protection.

Numbers 13:1–14:45

Twelve spies explored the fertile land of Canaan and found strong enemies defending it. Earlier chapters show Israel's disobedience, hinting at future failures. The Israelites did not have the obedience, courage, or faith to capture the land. So, the Lord made them spend 40 years in the Wilderness of Sinai. That generation did not receive their inheritance in the promised land.

Theme notes and profiles

Caleb Joshua Moses

Related verses

Deuteronomy 9:1–2
Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
Joshua 11:22
No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
Deuteronomy 3:5
All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
Joshua 15:14
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Deuteronomy 2:21
They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
Deuteronomy 2:10–11
(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
Judges 1:20
Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
Numbers 13:22–23
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

People

Anak: Ancestor of giant people in Canaan

Glossary

Amorites Benjamin, Tribe of Deuteronomy, Book of Moses Numbers, Book of People of the Land Remnant

Topics

Anakim: A Race of Giants Caleb: Brings Favorable Report Canaan: Land of Spies Sent Into, by Moses Cowardice: The Ten Spies Desert, Journey of Israel Through The: Spies Bring Back Evil Report Holy Land: Twelve Men Sent to Spy Israel: Return with a Majority Report and a Minority Report Majority and Minority Reports of the Spies Reports: Majority and Minority of Spies The Canaanites: Great and Mighty The Canaanites: had Many Strong Cities Trouble: when the Spies Brought Their Adverse Report Walls of Cities

Numbers 13:28

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