Numbers 13:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But the men who had gone up with him said,“We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:28 : 28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there.”
  • Josh 14:8 : 8 My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
  • Num 32:9 : 9 When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the LORD had given them.
  • Heb 3:19 : 19 So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.
  • Deut 9:1 : 1 Theological Justification of the Conquest Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.

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  • Num 13:30
    83%

    30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying,“Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it.”

  • Deut 1:24-29
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    24They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out.

    25Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying,“The land that the LORD our God is about to give us is good.”

    26Disobedience at Kadesh Barnea You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the LORD your God.

    27You complained among yourselves privately and said,“Because the LORD hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us!

    28What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there.”

    29So I responded to you,“Do not be terrified of them!

  • Num 13:32-33
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    81%

    32Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging report of the land they had investigated, saying,“The land that we passed through to investigate is a land that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw there are of great stature.

    33We even saw the Nephilim there(the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed like grasshoppers both to ourselves and to them.”

  • Num 13:27-28
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    27They told Moses,“We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

    28But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

  • Num 32:9
    74%

    9When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the LORD had given them.

  • Judg 18:9
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    9They said,“Come on, let’s attack them, for we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, but don’t hesitate to invade and conquer the land.

  • 1 Sam 14:9-10
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    73%

    9If they say to us,‘Stay put until we approach you,’ we will stay right there and not go up to them.

    10But if they say,‘Come up against us,’ we will go up. For in that case the LORD has given them into our hand– it will be a sign to us.”

  • Deut 9:2
    72%

    2They include the Anakites, a numerous and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said,“Who is able to resist the Anakites?”

  • Num 13:17-18
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    17The Spies’ Instructions When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them,“Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country

    18and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,

  • Deut 1:41-42
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    41Unsuccessful Conquest of Canaan Then you responded to me and admitted,“We have sinned against the LORD. We will now go up and fight as the LORD our God has told us to do.” So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country.

    42But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”

  • Num 14:9
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    9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection has turned aside from them, but the LORD is with us. Do not fear them!”

  • Deut 1:21-22
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    21Look, he has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!”

    22So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”

  • Num 14:42
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    42Do not go up, for the LORD is not among you, and you will be defeated before your enemies.

  • Num 16:14
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    14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up.”

  • Num 32:17-18
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    17but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.

    18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.

  • Num 13:21-22
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    21The Spies’ Activities So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at Lebo Hamath.

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

  • Jer 48:14
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    14How can you men of Moab say,‘We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?’

  • Exod 1:9
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    9He said to his people,“Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!

  • 1 Sam 23:3
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    3But David’s men said to him,“We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

  • Josh 2:24
    70%

    24They told Joshua,“Surely the LORD is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before us!”

  • Num 14:7
    70%

    7They said to the whole community of the Israelites,“The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land.

  • Num 32:11
    69%

    11‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

  • Jer 42:13
    69%

    13“You must not disobey the LORD your God by saying,‘We will not stay in this land.’

  • Josh 14:8
    69%

    8My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the LORD my God.

  • Num 32:7
    69%

    7Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the LORD has given them?

  • Deut 2:36
    69%

    36From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon(it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us– the LORD our God gave them all to us.

  • Josh 2:9
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    9She said to the men,“I know the LORD is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.

  • Josh 8:5
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    5I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them.

  • Deut 3:1
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    1Defeat of King Og of Bashan Next we set out on the route to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

  • Num 32:32
    69%

    32We will cross armed in the LORD’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.”

  • Num 14:3
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    3Why has the LORD brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

  • Num 16:12
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    12Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said,“We will not come up.

  • Num 14:40
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    40And early in the morning they went up to the crest of the hill country, saying,“Here we are, and we will go up to the place that the LORD commanded, for we have sinned.”