Numbers 13:28

Numbers 13:28 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

Context of Numbers 13:28

26And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land. 27And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 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. 29Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan. 30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.

Numbers 13:28 word by word

אֶ֚פֶס כִּֽי־עַ֣ז הָעָ֔ם הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים בְּצֻר֤וֹת גְּדֹלֹת֙ מְאֹ֔ד וְגַם־יְלִדֵ֥י הָֽעֲנָ֖ק רָאִ֥ינוּ שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

• Onlyאֶ֫פֶס'ephes · endH657
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• strongעַז‛az · strongH5794
• dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Anakעֲנָק‛ânâq · AnakH6061

Cross-references for Numbers 13:28

• Deuteronomy 1:28Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, [They are] a people greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
• Deuteronomy 2:10(The Emim dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakim.
• Deuteronomy 3:5All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides unwalled towns very many.
• Deuteronomy 9:1Hear, Israel! Thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to enter in to possess nations greater and mightier than thou, cities great and walled up to heaven,
• Numbers 13:22And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
• Joshua 11:22There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only at Gazah, at Gath, and at Ashdod there remained.
• Joshua 15:14And thence Caleb dispossessed the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, who were born of Anak.
• Judges 1:20And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said; and he dispossessed from thence the three sons of Anak.

Commentaries on Numbers 13:28

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-33Verses 26-33 We may wonder that the people of Israel staid forty days for the return of their spies, when they were ready to enter Canaan, under all the assurances of success they could have from the Divine power, and the miracles that had hitherto attended them. But they distrusted God's power and promise. How much we stand in our own light by our unbelief! At length the messengers returned; but the greater part discouraged the people from going forward…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-29The spies agreed the land was good, but most doubted Israel could conquer it. The strong and well-fed Canaanites had built fortified towns for protection.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2827-28. they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey--The report was given publicly in the audience of the people, and it was artfully arranged to begin their narrative with commendations of the natural fertility of the country in order that their subsequent slanders might the more readily receive credit.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 13:28

• Anakim
• Caleb
• Canaan
• Cowardice
• Israel
• Majority and Minority Reports
• Reports
• Trouble

In the dictionaries

• Anak
• Anak, Anakites
• Caleb
• Exodus
• Fenced cities
• Search
• Spies
• Wall
• Agrapha
• Ahiman

Commentaries on Numbers 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings