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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!

Context of Numbers 13:28

26They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land. 27They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large. We even saw descendants of Anak there. 29The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan.” 30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neverthelessאֶ֫פֶס'ephes · endH657
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• strongעַז‛az · strongH5794
• that dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• walledבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• and moreover we sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the childrenיָלִידyâlîyd · bornH3211
• of Anakעֲנָק‛ânâq · AnakH6061

Cross-references for Numbers 13:28

• Deuteronomy 1:28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.’ ”
• Deuteronomy 2:10(The Emites used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.
• Deuteronomy 3:5All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages.
• Deuteronomy 9:1Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities that have walls up to the sky.
• Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• Joshua 11:22No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.
• Joshua 15:14From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
• Judges 1:20As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it 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