Numbers 13:33

Contemporary English Version 1995

In fact, we saw the Nephilim who are the ancestors of the Anakim. They were so big that we felt as small as grasshoppers.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:28

We are afraid, because the men who explored the land told us that the cities are large, with walls that reach to the sky. The people who live there are taller and stronger than we are, and some of them are Anakim. We have nowhere to go.”

Isaiah 40:22

God is the one who rules the whole earth, and we that live here are merely insects. He spread out the heavens like a curtain or an open tent.

Genesis 6:4

The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.

1 Samuel 17:42

When Goliath saw that David was just a healthy, good-looking boy, he made fun of him.

Deuteronomy 9:2

Some of these nations are descendants of the Anakim. You know how tall and strong they are, and you've heard that no one can defeat them in battle.

Deuteronomy 3:11

King Og was the last of the Rephaim, and his coffin is in the town of Rabbah in Ammon. It is made of hard black rock and is four meters long and almost two meters wide.

1 Chronicles 11:23

Another time he killed an Egyptian who was over two meters tall and was armed with a spear. Benaiah only had a club, so he grabbed the spear from the Egyptian and killed him with it.

Deuteronomy 2:10

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.

Numbers 13:22

As they went through the Southern Desert, they came to the town of Hebron, which was seven years older than the Egyptian town of Zoan. In Hebron, they saw the three Anakim clans of Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai.

Numbers 13:28

But the people who live there are strong, and their cities are large and walled. We even saw the three Anakim clans.

Numbers 14:1

After the Israelites heard the report from the twelve men who had explored Canaan, the people cried all night

Joshua 11:21

During this same time, Joshua and his army killed the Anakim from the northern and southern hill country. They also destroyed the towns where the Anakim had lived, including Hebron, Debir, and Anab.

Joshua 14:12

So I'm asking you for the hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You were there. You heard the other spies talk about that part of the hill country and the large, walled towns where the Anakim live. But maybe the Lord will help me take their land, just as he promised.

Joshua 15:14

Caleb attacked Hebron and forced the three Anakim clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai to leave.

1 Samuel 17:24

When the Israelite soldiers saw Goliath, they were scared and ran off.