Numbers 13:28

Good News Translation

But the people who live there are powerful, and their cities are very large and well fortified. Even worse, we saw the descendants of the giants there.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:16

A giant named Ishbibenob, who was carrying a bronze spear that weighed about seven and a half pounds and who was wearing a new sword, thought he could kill David.

Numbers 13:33

and we even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that is how we must have looked to them.”

Deuteronomy 1:28

Why should we go there? We are afraid. The men we sent tell us that the people there are stronger and taller than we are, and that they live in cities with walls that reach the sky. They saw giants there!’

Deuteronomy 2:21

They were as tall as the Anakim. There were many of them, and they were a mighty race. But the Lord destroyed them, so that the Ammonites took over their land and settled there.

Deuteronomy 3:5

All these towns were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars to lock the gates, and there were also many villages without walls.

Joshua 11:22

None of the Anakim were left in the land of Israel; a few, however, were left in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

Joshua 14:12

Now then, give me the hill country that the Lord promised me on that day when my men and I reported. We told you then that the race of giants called the Anakim were there in large walled cities. Maybe the Lord will be with me, and I will drive them out, just as the Lord said.”

Joshua 15:14

Caleb drove the descendants of Anak out of the city—the clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

Judges 1:20

As Moses had commanded, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove out of the city the three clans descended from Anak.