Numbers 13:28

²⁶ and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

²⁷ 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!

Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

²⁹ 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.”

³⁰ 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!”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
BLB: Nevertheless indeed the people who dwell in the land [are] strong, and the cities [are] fortified, [and] very large. And moreover, we saw those born of of Anak there.

ÅB: Men det folk som bor i landet, er sterkt, og byene er som festninger og meget store; der så vi også Anaks barn.
OTB: Men folket som bor der er mektige, og byene er befestede og veldig store. Vi så til og med Anaks etterkommere der.
B1930: Men det folk som bor i landet, er sterkt, og byene er som festninger og meget store; der så vi også Anaks barn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 9:1–2
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.
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Deuteronomy 1:28
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.’”
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Numbers 13:33
We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
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Joshua 11:22
No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
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Joshua 15:14
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
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Deuteronomy 2:21
They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
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Deuteronomy 2:10–11
(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
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Deuteronomy 3:5
All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
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