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We even saw descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless the people <i>be</i> strong that dwell in the land, and the cities <i>are</i> walled, <i>and</i> very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land <i>are</i> strong; the cities <i>are</i> fortified <i>and</i> very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified <i>and</i> very large. And indeed, we saw the descendants of Anak there!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified <i>and</i> very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified <i>and</i> very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified (walled) and very large; moreover, we saw there the descendants of Anak [people of great stature and courage].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But the people who live there are strong, and their cities are large and walled. We even saw the three Anakim clans. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fenced, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But the people who live there are strong, and the cities have walls and are very large. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But the people who live there are powerful, and their cities are very large and well fortified. Even worse, we saw the descendants of the giants there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />except that the people who have settled in the land are strong, and their cities are greatly fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover, we saw the children of Anak there. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land [is] strong; and the cities are fortified [and] very great; and we have also seen children of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land is strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Only that the people are strong dwelling upon the land, and the cities fortified, and very great: and also we saw the children of Anak there.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 13:29> But it has very strong occupants, and the cities are great and also walled. We saw the race of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />However, the people who are living in the land are powerful, and the towns are fortified and very large. Besides, we saw descendants of the Anakim there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet the people who live in the land are strong, and the towns are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very great: and moreover we saw the sons of giants there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />However the people dwelling in the land is strong and the towns are fortified and very great, also we saw the sons of the giants there.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are fierce, and the cities are fortified, and very great; and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Enach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/13-28.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/yauBFvKLNNo?start=4191" 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/numbers/13.htm">The Reports of the Spies</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit! <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/657.htm" title="657: ’e·p̄es (N-msc) -- From 'aphec; cessation, i.e. An end; often used adverb, no further; also the ankle, as being the extremity of the leg or foot.">Nevertheless,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: hay·yō·šêḇ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">living</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/5794.htm" title="5794: ‘az (Adj-ms) -- Strong, mighty, fierce. From azaz; strong, vehement, harsh.">are strong,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: wə·he·‘ā·rîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">and the cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/1219.htm" title="1219: bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose. A primitive root; to clip off; specifically to gather grapes; also to be isolated."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gə·ḏō·lōṯ (Adj-fp) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">are large</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">and fortified.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">We even</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’î·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/3211.htm" title="3211: yə·li·ḏê (N-mpc) -- Born. From yalad; born.">the descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/6061.htm" title="6061: hā·‘ă·nāq (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Neck, a Canaanite. The same as anaq; Anak, a Canaanite.">of Anak</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there.</a> </span><span class="reftext">29</span>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.”…<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="/joshua/14-12.htm">Joshua 14:12</a></span><br />Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Deuteronomy 1:28</a></span><br />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.’”<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="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Deuteronomy 9:1-2</a></span><br />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. / 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="/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.<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="/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/21-16.htm">2 Samuel 21:16-22</a></span><br />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.” / Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10-11</a></span><br />(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. / Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5</a></span><br />All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-11.htm">Deuteronomy 3:11</a></span><br />(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Joshua 15:14</a></span><br />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="/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="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29-30</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned. / By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Hebrews 3:16-19</a></span><br />For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">strong</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Deuteronomy 1:28</a></b></br> Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people <i>is</i> greater and taller than we; the cities <i>are</i> great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/2-10.htm">Deuteronomy 2:10,11,21</a></b></br> The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5</a></b></br> All these cities <i>were</i> fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.</p><p class="hdg">saw the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Numbers 13:22,23,33</a></b></br> And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, <i>were</i>. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/11-22.htm">Joshua 11:22</a></b></br> There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-14.htm">Joshua 15:14</a></b></br> And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Anak</a> <a href="/numbers/11-6.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/numbers/13-22.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/numbers/1-49.htm">Howbeit</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/numbers/13-27.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Walled</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/13-33.htm">Anak</a> <a href="/numbers/16-49.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/numbers/13-32.htm">Children</a> <a href="/numbers/21-2.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/numbers/13-33.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/numbers/14-25.htm">Dwelling</a> <a href="/numbers/18-15.htm">Howbeit</a> <a href="/numbers/20-20.htm">Powerful</a> <a href="/numbers/13-31.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/numbers/13-30.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/numbers/21-3.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/numbers/32-36.htm">Walled</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/13-1.htm">The names of the men who were sent to search the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/13-17.htm">Their instructions</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/13-21.htm">Their acts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Their relation</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/numbers/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Nevertheless</b><br>This word introduces a contrast to the previous report of the land's abundance. It signals a shift from the positive aspects of the land to the challenges that the Israelites would face. This reflects a common biblical theme where faith is tested by seemingly insurmountable obstacles.<p><b>the people living in the land are strong</b><br>The Canaanites were known for their strength and military prowess. Historical records and archaeological findings suggest that the Canaanite city-states were well-established with formidable armies. This statement reflects the fear and intimidation felt by the Israelite spies, highlighting the human tendency to focus on obstacles rather than God's promises.<p><b>and the cities are large and fortified</b><br>Canaanite cities were often built on elevated sites with strong defensive walls, as confirmed by archaeological excavations at sites like Jericho and Hazor. These fortifications were a significant deterrent to ancient armies, emphasizing the daunting task ahead for the Israelites. This phrase underscores the need for divine intervention, as seen in later biblical narratives where God delivers these cities into Israel's hands.<p><b>We even saw the descendants of Anak there</b><br>The Anakim were a race of giants mentioned in several Old Testament passages. Their presence in Canaan added to the fear of the spies, as they were perceived as invincible warriors. This reference connects to earlier biblical accounts of giants, such as in <a href="/genesis/6-4.htm">Genesis 6:4</a>, and foreshadows later encounters with giants, like Goliath. The mention of Anakim also serves as a type of the spiritual giants or challenges believers face, which can only be overcome through faith in God's power.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from Egypt and are now on the brink of entering the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_spies.htm">The Spies</a></b><br>Twelve men, one from each tribe of Israel, sent by Moses to scout the land of Canaan.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_canaan.htm">The Land of Canaan</a></b><br>The Promised Land that God had assured to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_descendants_of_anak.htm">The Descendants of Anak</a></b><br>A race of giants known for their formidable size and strength, causing fear among the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who sent the spies to explore Canaan.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_over_fear.htm">Faith Over Fear</a></b><br>The report of the spies highlights the challenge of choosing faith over fear. Despite the intimidating circumstances, believers are called to trust in God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_perspective.htm">The Power of Perspective</a></b><br>The spies' report shows how perspective can influence faith. A focus on obstacles rather than God's power can lead to discouragement.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership.htm">The Importance of Leadership</a></b><br>Moses' role in sending the spies and later addressing the people's fears underscores the importance of godly leadership in guiding others toward faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_promises.htm">Trust in God's Promises</a></b><br>The Israelites' fear contrasts with God's repeated assurances of victory. Believers today are encouraged to hold fast to God's promises despite daunting challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/overcoming_giants.htm">Overcoming Giants</a></b><br>The mention of the Anakim serves as a metaphor for the "giants" or challenges in our lives. With God's help, these can be overcome.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_semitic_people.htm">What did the twelve spies report about Canaan?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_numbers_13_conflict_with_others.htm">Why do the accounts in Numbers 13 seem to conflict with other passages about the Promised Land’s inhabitants and geography? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_the_spies_report_on_canaan.htm">What did the twelve spies report about Canaan?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_on_anunnaki_and_nephilim.htm">What does the Bible say about Anunnaki and Nephilim?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) <span class= "bld">Nevertheless the people be strong . . . --</span>The spies adopted the words of <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm" title="And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.">Exodus 3:8</a>, "flowing with milk and honey," as descriptive of the fertility of the land of Canaan, but at the same time they discouraged the hearts of their brethren by their description of the strength of the fortified cities and the gigantic stature of the inhabitants.<p><span class= "bld">The children of Anak.--</span>Better, <span class= "ital">of the Anakim. </span>(See <a href="/numbers/13-22.htm" title="And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)">Numbers 13:22</a>, and Note.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 28.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Nevertheless.</span> <span class="hebrew">אֶפֶס כִּי</span>. "Only that." Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἀλλ η} ὅτι</span>. <span class="cmt_word">The people be strong.</span> Moses himself had directed their attention to this point, and now they dwell on it to the exclusion of everything else. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/13-28.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">Nevertheless,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֚פֶס</span> <span class="translit">(’e·p̄es)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_657.htm">Strong's 657: </a> </span><span class="str2">Cessation, an end, no further, the ankle, foot</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | 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">living</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·šêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<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">in the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are strong,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֣ז</span> <span class="translit">(‘az)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5794.htm">Strong's 5794: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strong, vehement, harsh</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the cities</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·he·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are large</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּדֹלֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḏō·lōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<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 fortified.</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאֹ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’ōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily</span><br /><br /><span class="word">We even</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saw</span><br /><span class="heb">רָאִ֥ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(rā·’î·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">יְלִדֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(yə·li·ḏê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3211.htm">Strong's 3211: </a> </span><span class="str2">Born</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Anak</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽעֲנָ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ă·nāq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6061.htm">Strong's 6061: </a> </span><span class="str2">Anak -- 'neck', a Canaanite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָֽׁם׃</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">OT Law: Numbers 13:28 However the people who dwell (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/13-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 13:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 13:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/13-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 13:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 13:29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>