Deuteronomy 1:28

Easy To Read Version

Where can we go now? Our brothers (the twelve spies) have made us afraid with their report. They said: The people there are bigger and taller than we are! The cities are big and have walls as high as the sky! And we saw giants [6] there!’

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

Then the people said, “We should build a city for ourselves. And we should build a tower that will reach to the sky. We will be famous. {And this will keep us together.} We will not be scattered all over the earth.”

Exodus 15:15

The commanders of Edom will shake with fear. The leaders of Moab will be afraid. The people of Canaan will lose courage.

Isaiah 13:7

People will lose their courage. Fear will make the people weak.

Ezekiel 21:7

Then they will ask you, ‘Why are you making these sad sounds?’ Then you must say, ‘Because of the sad news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear. All hands will become weak. Every spirit will become weak. All knees will be like water.’ Look, that bad news is coming. These things will happen!” The Lord my Master said these things.

Deuteronomy 1:29

“So I said to you, ‘Don’t be upset! Don’t be afraid of those people!

Deuteronomy 2:10

In the past, the Emite people lived in Ar. They were strong people, and there were many of them. They were very tall, like the Anakite [12] people.

Deuteronomy 20:20

But you may cut down the trees that you know are not fruit trees. You may use these trees to build weapons for making war against that city. You may use them until the city falls.

Deuteronomy 20:8

“Those {Levite} officers must also say to the people, ‘Is there any man here that has lost his courage and is afraid? He should go back home. Then he will not cause the other soldiers to lose their courage too.’

Deuteronomy 7:17

“Don’t say in your heart, ‘These nations are stronger than we are. How can we force them out?’

Joshua 11:22

There were no Anakite people left living in the land of Israel. The only Anakite people that were left alive were in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

Joshua 14:8

The other men that went with me told the people things that made them afraid. But I truly believed that the Lord would allow us to take that land.

Joshua 15:14

Caleb forced the three Anakite families living in Hebron to leave there. Those families were Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. They were from the family of Anak.

Joshua 2:11

We heard about those things and we became very afraid. And now, none of our men are brave enough to fight you. Why? Because the Lord your God rules the heavens above and the earth below!

Joshua 2:24

They said to Joshua, “The Lord really has given us all of the land. All of the people in that country are afraid of us.”

Joshua 2:9

Rahab said, “I know that the Lord has given this land to your people. You frighten us. All the people living in this country are afraid of you.

Judges 1:10

Then the men of Judah went to fight against the Canaanite people that lived in the city of Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) The men of Judah defeated the men named Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. [4]

Judges 1:20

Moses had promised to give the land near Hebron to Caleb. So that land was given to Caleb’s family. The men of Caleb forced the three sons of Anak [11] to leave that place.