Deuteronomy 1:28

New American Bible - revised edition

What shall we meet with up there? Our men have made our hearts melt by saying, ‘The people are bigger and taller than we, and their cities are large and fortified to the sky; besides, we saw the Anakim there.’”

Cross References

Genesis 11:4

Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky, and so make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered all over the earth.”

Exodus 15:15

Then were the chieftains of Edom dismayed, the nobles of Moab seized by trembling; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away;

Isaiah 13:7

Therefore all hands fall helpless, every human heart melts,

Ezekiel 21:7

Son of man, turn your face toward Jerusalem: preach against its sanctuary, prophesy against the land of Israel.

Deuteronomy 1:29

But I said to you, “Have no dread or fear of them.

Deuteronomy 2:10

(Formerly the Emim lived there, a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakim;

Deuteronomy 20:20

However, those trees which you know are not fruit trees you may destroy. You may cut them down to build siegeworks against the city that is waging war with you, until it falls.

Deuteronomy 20:8

The officials shall continue to speak to the army: “Is there anyone who is afraid and weakhearted? Let him return home, or else he might make the hearts of his fellows melt as his does.”

Deuteronomy 7:17

If you say to yourselves, “These nations are more numerous than we. How can we dispossess them?”

Joshua 11:22

so that no Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. However, some survived in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.

Joshua 14:8

My fellow scouts who went up with me made the people’s confidence melt away, but I was completely loyal to the Lord, my God.

Joshua 15:14

And Caleb dispossessed from there the three Anakim, the descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

Joshua 2:11

We heard, and our hearts melted within us; everyone is utterly dispirited because of you, since the Lord, your God, is God in heaven above and on earth below.

Joshua 2:24

They assured Joshua, “The Lord has given all this land into our power; indeed, all the inhabitants of the land tremble with fear because of us.”

Joshua 2:9

and said: “I know that the Lord has given you the land, that a dread of you has come upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land tremble with fear because of you.

Judges 1:10

Judah also marched against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron, which was formerly called Kiriath-arba, and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

Judges 1:20

As Moses had commanded, they gave Hebron to Caleb, who then drove the three sons of Anak away from there.