Deuteronomy 1:28
Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.”Deuteronomy 1:28
What Does Deuteronomy 1:28 Mean?
Deuteronomy 1:28 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 1, verse 28 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Doubt.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 1:28 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 11:4“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”Numbers 13:33“And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”Numbers 13:31“But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.”Numbers 13:28“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.”Deuteronomy 9:1“Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,”Deuteronomy 20:8“And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.”Joshua 11:21“And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.”Joshua 11:22“There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.”Joshua 14:8“Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.”Joshua 15:14“And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.”Judges 1:20“And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.”2 Samuel 21:16“And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.”Exodus 15:15“Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.”Numbers 13:32“And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.”Numbers 32:7“And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?”Deuteronomy 2:11“Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.”Deuteronomy 2:21“A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:”Deuteronomy 3:5“All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.”Deuteronomy 20:20“Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.”Joshua 2:9“And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.”
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