Numbers 13:28

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However, the people who live there are strong, and the cities are large and very fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

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  • Deut 1:28 : 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'
  • Deut 9:1-2 : 1 Listen, Israel: Today you are crossing over the Jordan to enter and take possession of nations greater and stronger than you, with cities that are great and fortified up to the heavens. 2 The people are great and tall—the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know and about whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
  • Num 13:33 : 33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."
  • Num 13:22-23 : 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 When they reached the Valley of Eshcol, they cut off a branch with a single cluster of grapes. They carried it on a pole between two of them, along with some pomegranates and figs.
  • Josh 11:22 : 22 No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. Only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any remain.
  • Josh 15:14 : 14 Caleb expelled from there the three descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak.
  • Judg 1:20 : 20 They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from it.
  • Deut 2:10-11 : 10 The Emim used to live there, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakites. 11 Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaim, though the Moabites call them Emim.
  • Deut 2:21 : 21 They were a great and numerous people, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.
  • Deut 3:5 : 5 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides many unwalled rural towns.

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  • Deut 1:28-29
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    28Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'

    29Then I said to you, 'Do not be terrified or afraid of them.'

  • Deut 9:1-2
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    79%

    1Listen, Israel: Today you are crossing over the Jordan to enter and take possession of nations greater and stronger than you, with cities that are great and fortified up to the heavens.

    2The people are great and tall—the descendants of the Anakim, whom you know and about whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'

  • Num 13:29-33
    5 verses
    77%

    29The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.

    30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

    31But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people, for they are stronger than we are."

    32And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size.

    33We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."

  • Num 13:18-22
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    18See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

    19Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the towns they dwell in unwalled or fortified?

    20And what is the land like—is it fertile or barren? Does it have trees or not? Be courageous, and bring back some of the fruit of the land.” It was the season for the first ripe grapes.

    21So they went up and explored the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.

    22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Deut 2:20-21
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    20(This land is considered the land of the Rephaim; the Rephaim lived there formerly, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim.

    21They were a great and numerous people, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.

  • Num 13:27
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    27They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed it flows with milk and honey. Here is its fruit.

  • Deut 3:5
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    5All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides many unwalled rural towns.

  • Num 32:16-17
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    16Then they approached him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our children.

    17But we will arm ourselves quickly and go before the Israelites until we bring them to their place. Meanwhile our children will stay in fortified cities, safe from the inhabitants of the land.

  • Judg 18:9-10
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    9They said, 'Let us go up against them, for we have seen the land and it is very good. Why are you hesitating? Do not delay in going to take possession of the land!'

    10When you arrive, you will find a secure and unsuspecting people. The land is spacious, for God has given it into your hands—a place lacking nothing that is good.

  • Josh 15:13-14
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    13To Caleb son of Jephunneh, he was given a portion among the descendants of Judah, based on the Lord’s command to Joshua, the city of Arba (father of Anak), which is Hebron.

    14Caleb expelled from there the three descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak.

  • Deut 2:10-11
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    10The Emim used to live there, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakites.

    11Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaim, though the Moabites call them Emim.

  • Josh 11:21-22
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    70%

    21At that time Joshua came and destroyed the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, all the hill country of Judah, and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them and their cities to destruction.

    22No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. Only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any remain.

  • Judg 1:20
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    20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from it.

  • Josh 14:12
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    12So now give me this hill country the LORD promised me on that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakim are there and their cities are large and fortified. Perhaps the LORD will be with me, and I will drive them out as the LORD said.

  • Num 14:7-9
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    7And they said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good.

    8If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land flowing with milk and honey.

    9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for we will devour them. Their protection is gone, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.

  • Josh 21:11
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    11They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites.

  • Neh 9:24-25
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    69%

    24Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired.

    25They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses filled with every good thing, hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate, were satisfied, grew fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

  • Deut 2:36
    68%

    36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, and from the city in the valley, even to Gilead, not one city was too strong for us. The LORD our God gave them all into our hands.

  • 2 Chr 11:10
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    10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

  • Josh 10:2
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    2he and his people were very afraid because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, even greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty warriors.

  • Josh 17:12
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    12But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to drive out the inhabitants of these cities. So the Canaanites continued to live in the land.

  • Josh 2:24
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    24They said to Joshua, "The LORD has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the inhabitants of the land are melting in fear because of us."

  • Josh 14:15
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    15Previously, Hebron had been called Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

  • Josh 2:9
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    9and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given you this land and that fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you.

  • Deut 1:25
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    25Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it back to us. And they reported, 'The land that the LORD our God is giving us is good.'

  • Num 32:9
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    9They went up to the Valley of Eshcol, saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.

  • Josh 17:16
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    16The descendants of Joseph replied, 'The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its surrounding villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.'

  • Judg 3:5
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    5The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.