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They were as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites, another race of giants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />(The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />(The Emim had dwelt there in times past, a people as great and numerous and tall as the Anakim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />(The Emim lived there previously, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />(The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />(The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />(The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />(The Emim lived there in times past, a people great and numerous, and as tall as the Anakim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Emim, a great and numerous people as tall as the Anakim, had previously lived there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Emim, a great and numerous people as tall as the Anakim, had previously lived there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />(The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Before the LORD gave the Moabites their land, a large and powerful tribe lived there. They were the Emim, and they were as tall as the Anakim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />(The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Emites used to live there. These people were as strong, as numerous, and as tall as the people of Anak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />A mighty race of giants called the Emim used to live in Ar. They were as tall as the Anakim, another race of giants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />(The Emites, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakim, lived there before. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />(The Emites used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />(The Emim lived there before, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />(The Emims dwelt in it in times past, a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakims;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />(The Emim lived there before, a great and numerous people, and tall as the Anakim. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The Emim have formerly dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall as the Anakim;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'The Emim formerly have dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />(The Emims dwelt in it before them, a people great and many and high as the Anakims;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Emims first were the inhabitants thereof, a people great, and strong, and so tall, that like the race of the Enacims, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The Emim were the first of its inhabitants, a people great and strong, and of such great height, like the race of the Anakim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />(Formerly the Emim lived there, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakim;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />(The Emim—a large and numerous people, as tall as the Anakim—had formerly inhabited it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The Amney dwelt in it formerly, a people great and many and tall, like giants;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The Amney from the first have dwelt in it, a people great and many, and as high as giants;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Formerly the Ommin dwelt in it, a great and numerous nation and powerful, like the Enakim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=520" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Wanderings in the Wilderness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.” <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/368.htm" title="368: hā·’ê·mîm (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Terrors, an inhabitant of Moab. Plural of 'eymah; terrors; Emim, an early Canaanitish tribe.">(The Emites</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">used to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yā·šə·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">live</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">there,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am (N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">a people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: wə·raḇ (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">and many,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: wā·rām (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">as tall</a> <a href="/hebrew/6062.htm" title="6062: kā·‘ă·nā·qîm (Prep-k, Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Neck, a giant people around Hebron and in Philistia. Patronymically from Anaq; an Anakite or descendant of Anak.">as the Anakites.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Numbers 13:22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/14-5.htm">Genesis 14:5-6</a></span><br />In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim, / and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a></span><br />Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">Joshua 11:21-22</a></span><br />At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities. / No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Numbers 21:11-13</a></span><br />They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east. / From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered. / From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a></span><br />On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— / the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, / Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/12-4.htm">Joshua 12:4-5</a></span><br />And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei. / He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-4.htm">1 Samuel 17:4-7</a></span><br />Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height, / and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels, / and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/21-15.htm">2 Samuel 21:15-22</a></span><br />Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines. But David became exhausted. / Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David. / But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/20-4.htm">1 Chronicles 20:4-8</a></span><br />Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued. / Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. / And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28-33</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. / The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.” / Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-2.htm">Deuteronomy 9:2</a></span><br />The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-4.htm">Genesis 6:4</a></span><br />The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/15-13.htm">Joshua 15:13-14</a></span><br />According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) / And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/1-20.htm">Judges 1:20</a></span><br />Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The Emims dwelled therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/2-11.htm">Deuteronomy 2:11</a></b></br> Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-5.htm">Genesis 14:5</a></b></br> And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that <i>were</i> with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/15-4.htm">Aforetime</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Anakim</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Anakims</a> <a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Anakites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-8.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/genesis/14-5.htm">Emim</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-11.htm">Emims</a> <a href="/genesis/14-5.htm">Emites</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-18.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-8.htm">Live</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Numbers</a> <a href="/numbers/22-15.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/numbers/21-22.htm">Past</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-38.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/genesis/21-20.htm">Tall</a> <a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-11.htm">Times</a> <a href="/numbers/35-23.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Aforetime</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-11.htm">Anakim</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-11.htm">Anakims</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-11.htm">Anakites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-11.htm">Emim</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-11.htm">Emims</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-11.htm">Emites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-21.htm">Equal</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Live</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Numbers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-21.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Past</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-21.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-21.htm">Tall</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-20.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Times</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-12.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm">nor with the Moabites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-16.htm">nor with the Ammonites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The Emites used to live there</b><br>The Emites were a group of people who inhabited the region of Moab before the Israelites arrived. They are often associated with the Rephaim, a term used in the Old Testament to describe ancient giants or mighty warriors. The mention of the Emites provides historical context, indicating that the land had been occupied by formidable peoples before the Israelites' conquest. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God displacing powerful nations to fulfill His promises to Israel.<p><b>a people great and many</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the size and strength of the Emites, suggesting they were a populous and powerful group. The description aligns with other biblical accounts of large and intimidating nations that Israel encountered. It serves to highlight the miraculous nature of Israel's victories, as they were able to overcome such formidable foes through divine intervention. This theme is echoed in other parts of the Old Testament, where God delivers Israel from seemingly insurmountable odds.<p><b>as tall as the Anakites</b><br>The Anakites were another group of giants mentioned in the Bible, known for their impressive stature. The comparison to the Anakites underscores the physical might of the Emites, further emphasizing the challenge they posed. The Anakites are also linked to the Nephilim, mentioned in <a href="/genesis/6-4.htm">Genesis 6:4</a>, and are part of the narrative of giants in the land that the Israelites feared. This reference serves to remind readers of the recurring biblical motif of God empowering His people to conquer even the most daunting adversaries.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/emites.htm">Emites</a></b><br>A people described as great, numerous, and tall, similar to the Anakites. They were inhabitants of the land before the Moabites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/anakites.htm">Anakites</a></b><br>A race of giants known for their height and strength, often mentioned in the context of the Israelites' fear and the challenges they faced in conquering the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moab.htm">Moab</a></b><br>The region where the Emites once lived, later inhabited by the Moabites, descendants of Lot.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, journeying through the wilderness and receiving instructions from God through Moses.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who recounts their journey and God's commands in the book of Deuteronomy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The presence of formidable peoples like the Emites and Anakites serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over all nations and peoples. Despite their strength, God had a plan for Israel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_promises.htm">Trusting in God's Promises</a></b><br>The Israelites' journey through lands inhabited by giants challenges believers to trust in God's promises, even when circumstances seem overwhelming.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/overcoming_fear_with_faith.htm">Overcoming Fear with Faith</a></b><br>The fear of the giants is a metaphor for the fears we face in life. Believers are encouraged to overcome fear with faith, relying on God's power and presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_context_and_faith.htm">Historical Context and Faith</a></b><br>Understanding the historical context of the Emites and Anakites enriches our faith, showing how God has worked through history to fulfill His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_fulfillment.htm">God's Faithfulness in Fulfillment</a></b><br>The eventual possession of the land by Israel demonstrates God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises, encouraging believers to hold fast to His word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_emim_giants.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10–11 mentions the Emim as “giants”; where is the archaeological or scientific evidence for such gigantic peoples? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_the_bible_mention_bigfoot.htm">What does the Bible say about Bigfoot/Sasquatch?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_goliath_truly_'six_cubits_and_a_span'.htm">How could Goliath realistically be “six cubits and a span” tall (1 Samuel 17:4)? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_ammonites'_conquest.htm">Deuteronomy 2:21 says the Ammonites destroyed the Zamzummim; why is there no secular record or evidence of such a significant conquest? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10-12) These three verses which follow should be read parenthetically.<p><span class= "bld">The Emims.</span>--See <a href="/context/genesis/14-5.htm" title="And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,">Genesis 14:5-6</a>, for the first mention of Rephaim, Zuzim, Emim, and Horim. (The termination <span class= "ital">im </span>is plural in Hebrew, and, like cherubim, does not need the additional <span class= "ital">s.</span>) These tribes were flourishing in the time of Abraham, but were conquered before the exodus.<p><span class= "bld">The children of Esau succeeded them.</span>--A partial mixture of the two races resulted in this case, and from their union sprang the Amalekites, Israel's inveterate foes (<a href="/genesis/36-12.htm" title="And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.">Genesis 36:12</a>; <a href="/genesis/36-22.htm" title="And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.">Genesis 36:22</a>).<p><span class= "bld">As Israel did unto the land of his possession.</span>--On the east of Jordan in Moses' lifetime, as well as on the west of Jordan under Joshua. It is not necessary, therefore, to make the parenthesis (<a href="/context/deuteronomy/2-10.htm" title="The Emims dwelled therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;">Deuteronomy 2:10-12</a>) editorial, though it forms no essential part of Moses' speech. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 10-12.</span> - The mention of the Moabites gives occasion to the author to introduce some notices of the ancient inhabitants of Edom and Moab. In Moab dwelt, in the earlier times, the Emim, a giant race, potent and numerous, like the 'Anakim. They were also, like the 'Anakim reckoned among the Rephaim, but were by the Moabites called Emim. The word <span class="cmt_word">Emim</span> means frightful, and was given to these men probably because of their huge stature and fierce aspect. <span class="cmt_word">Anakims</span> (see <a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Deuteronomy 1:28</a>). <span class="accented">Rephaim</span> seems to have been a generic name of these gigantic Canaanitish tribes (see <a href="/genesis/14-5.htm">Genesis 14:5</a>; <a href="/genesis/15-20.htm">Genesis 15:20</a>). <span class="cmt_word">The Horim</span> appear from the name (from <span class="hebrew">חוד</span>, a cave) to have been a Troglodyte race, inhabiting the caves which abound in the Edomite range, and with whom, perhaps, originated the conception which was at a later period carried out in the marvelous rock city of Petra. Of their own origin nothing is known. <span class="cmt_word">As Israel did</span> [or <span class="accented">has done</span>] <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>unto the land of his possession</span>. This cannot be regarded as uttered proleptically; it must either be the insertion of a later age, or it must refer to the conquest which had actually been made before this by the Israelites of the land to the east of the Jordan. and which is, in <a href="/deuteronomy/3-20.htm">Deuteronomy 3:20</a>, described as the possession which the Lord had given to the two tribes and a half to whom it had been assigned. The latter is the preferable supposition. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">(The Emites</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵמִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ê·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_368.htm">Strong's 368: </a> </span><span class="str2">terrors', an inhabitant of Moab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">used to</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפָנִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄ā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">live</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֣שְׁבוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šə·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">a people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">great</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּד֥וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and many,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרַ֛ב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·raḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as tall</span><br /><span class="heb">וָרָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wā·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as the Anakites.</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּעֲנָקִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(kā·‘ă·nā·qîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6062.htm">Strong's 6062: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anakim -- 'neck', a giant people around Hebron and in Philistia</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 2:10 The Emim lived therein before a people (Deut. 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