Numbers 13:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nevertheless, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

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  • Deut 1:28 : 28 Where shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
  • Deut 9:1-2 : 1 Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven, 2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
  • Num 13:33 : 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, descendants of the giants; and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.
  • Num 13:22-23 : 22 And they ascended by the south and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it between two on a staff. They also brought pomegranates and figs.
  • Josh 11:22 : 22 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, some remained.
  • Josh 15:14 : 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
  • Judg 1:20 : 20 And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.
  • Deut 2:10-11 : 10 The Emim dwelt there in times past, a people great and many and tall as the Anakim; 11 Who were also regarded as giants, like the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.
  • Deut 2:21 : 21 a people great and many and tall, as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them and dwelt in their place.
  • Deut 3:5 : 5 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns.

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  • Deut 1:28-29
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    28Where shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

    29Then I said to you, Do not be terrified, nor be afraid of them.

  • Deut 9:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

    2A people great and tall, the children of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!

  • Num 13:29-33
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    77%

    29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south; and the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan.

    30And Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.

    31But the men who went up with him said, We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

    32And they gave a bad report of the land which they had explored to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have gone to explore it is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great stature.

    33And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, descendants of the giants; and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.

  • Num 13:18-22
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    18See the land, how it is; and the people who dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;

    19And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they dwell in, whether in tent camps or fortified cities;

    20And what the land is, whether it is rich or poor, whether there is wood in it, or not. Be of good courage, and bring some of the fruit of the land. Now was the time of the first ripe grapes.

    21So they went up and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.

    22And they ascended by the south and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

  • Deut 2:20-21
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    75%

    20(That also was regarded as a land of giants: giants dwelt there in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

    21a people great and many and tall, as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them and dwelt in their place.

  • Num 13:27
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    27And they told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

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

  • Num 32:16-17
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    16And they came near to him and said, We will build sheep pens here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones,

    17But we ourselves will go ready and armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  • Judg 18:9-10
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    9And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; are you still? Do not be lazy to go and to enter to possess the land.

    10When you go, you shall come to a secure people and to a large land, for God has given it into your hands; a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.

  • Josh 15:13-14
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    13Caleb the son of Jephunneh received a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely the city of Arba the father of Anak, which is Hebron.

    14And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

  • Deut 2:10-11
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    10The Emim dwelt there in times past, a people great and many and tall as the Anakim;

    11Who were also regarded as giants, like the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.

  • Josh 11:21-22
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    21And at that time Joshua came, and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

    22There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, some remained.

  • Judg 1:20
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    20And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak.

  • Josh 14:12
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    12Now therefore give me this mountain, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fortified; if so the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

  • Num 14:7-9
    3 verses
    69%

    7And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceedingly good land.

    8If the LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey.

    9Only do not rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

  • Josh 21:11
    69%

    11And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs around it.

  • Neh 9:24-25
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    24So the children entered and possessed the land; You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the people of the land, so that they might do with them as they wished.

    25And they captured fortified cities and a fertile land, and took possession of houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

  • Deut 2:36
    68%

    36From Aroer by the edge of the river Arnon, and from the city by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too strong for us; the LORD our God delivered all unto us.

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

  • Josh 10:2
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    2that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

  • Josh 17:12
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    12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites continued to dwell in that land.

  • Josh 2:24
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    24And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD has delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

  • Josh 14:15
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    15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

  • Josh 2:9
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    9And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

  • Deut 1:25
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    25And they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us back word, saying, It is a good land which the LORD our God is giving us.

  • Num 32:9
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    9For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, so that they would not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

  • Josh 17:16
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    16The children of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have iron chariots, both those who are of Beth-shean and its towns, and those who are of the valley of Jezreel."

  • Judg 3:5
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    5And the children of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: