Ulangan 1:25

1:25 Then they took ¹  some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying, “The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good.”

Ulangan 1:28

1:28 What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage ²  by describing people who are more numerous ³  and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven ⁴  itself! Moreover, they said they saw ⁵  Anakites ⁶  there.”

Ulangan 6:11

6:11 houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant – and you eat your fill,

[1:25]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text includes “in their hand,” which is unnecessary and somewhat redundant in English style.

[1:28]  ² tn Heb “have caused our hearts to melt.”

[1:28]  ³ tn Heb “greater.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “stronger,” NAB, NIV, NRSV; “bigger,” NASB).

[1:28]  ⁴ tn Or “as the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[1:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “we have seen.”

[1:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “the sons of the Anakim.”

[1:28]  sn Anakites were giant people (Num 13:33; Deut 2:10, 21; 9:2) descended from a certain Anak whose own forefather Arba founded the city of Kiriath Arba, i.e., Hebron (Josh 21:11).