Numbers 13:28
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 13
“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
What Does Numbers 13:28 Mean?
Numbers 13:28 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 13, verse 28 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (15)
These passages are connected to Numbers 13:28 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 1:28“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 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,”Joshua 14:12“Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.”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.”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.”Deuteronomy 2:10“The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;”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.”Joshua 15:14“And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.”Amos 2:9“Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.”Numbers 13:22“And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)”Deuteronomy 2:11“Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.”Deuteronomy 9:2“A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before 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.”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.”
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