Teks -- Numbers 13:28 (NET)

13:28 But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

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JFB: Num 13:27-28 - they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey

The report was given publicly in the audience of the people, and it was artfully arranged to begin their narrative with commendations of the natural fertility of the country in order that their subsequent slanders might the more readily receive credit.

TSK: Num 13:28 - strong // saw the

strong : Deu 1:28, Deu 2:10, Deu 2:11, Deu 2:21, Deu 3:5, Deu 9:1, Deu 9:2

saw the : Num 13:22, Num 13:23, Num 13:33; Jos 11:22, Jos 15:14; Jdg 1:20

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Poole: Num 13:28 - Strong

Strong potent for the strength of their body, and the valour of their minds.

Gill: Num 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

Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land,.... 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, Num 13:22; and so they might, and yet not be together with them.