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Numbers 13:28 KJV
Numbers · chapter 13 · verse 28
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.Numbers 13:28 · King James Version
Numbers 13:28 in context
26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
28Nevertheless 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.
29The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NeverthelessʼepheçcessationH657 →
- childrenyâlîydbornH3211 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- strongʻazstrong, vehement, harshH5794 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- walledbâtsarto gather grapesH1219 →
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It is a wonder how the people of Israel had patience to stay forty days for the return of their spies, when they were just ready to enter Canaan, under all the assurances of success they could have from the divine power, and a constant series of miracles that had hitherto attended them;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 26-33