Números 13:28

28 Mas o povo que lá vive é poderoso, e as cidades são fortificadas e muito grandes. Também vimos descendentes de Enaque.

Números 13:28 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 13:28

Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land,
&c.] Though so plentiful and fruitful and desirable to enjoy, yet this objection lay against all hopes and even attempts to possess it, as they thought; the strength of the people, its present inhabitants, both in body and mind, being persons of a large, and some of a prodigious stature, and to all appearance men of valour and courage;

and the cities [are] walled and very great;
and so inaccessible, and able to hold out a long siege, and repel what force may be brought against them; so that to attack them would be to little purpose:

and moreover we saw the children of Anak there:
whom they had heard of before, and so had the congregation of Israel, and many terrible and frightful stories were told of them, and these they now saw with their eyes, and very formidable they appeared to them; this seems to prove that others beside Caleb and Joshua were at Hebron, where the sons of Anak lived, ( Numbers 13:22 ) ; and so they might, and yet not be together with them.

Números 13:28 In-Context

26 Eles então retornaram a Moisés e a Arão e a toda a comunidade de Israel em Cades, no deserto de Parã, onde prestaram relatório a eles e a toda a comunidade de Israel, e lhes mostraram os frutos da terra.
27 E deram o seguinte relatório a Moisés: “Entramos na terra à qual você nos enviou, onde há leite e mel com fartura! Aqui estão alguns frutos dela.
28 Mas o povo que lá vive é poderoso, e as cidades são fortificadas e muito grandes. Também vimos descendentes de Enaque.
29 Os amalequitas vivem no Neguebe; os hititas, os jebuseus e os amorreus vivem na região montanhosa; os cananeus vivem perto do mar e junto ao Jordão”.
30 Então Calebe fez o povo calar-se perante Moisés e disse: “Subamos e tomemos posse da terra. É certo que venceremos!”
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