Numbers Chapter 13 verse 28 Holy Bible
Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, `and' very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
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But the people living in the land are strong, and the towns are walled and very great; further, we saw the children of Anak there.
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Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
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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.
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Nevertheless, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.
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However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
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only, surely the people which is dwelling in the land `is' strong; and the cities are fenced, very great; and also children of Anak we have seen there.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - Nevertheless. אֶפֶס כִּי. "Only that." Septuagint, ἀλλ η} ὅτι. The people be strong. Moses himself had directed their attention to this point, and now they dwell on it to the exclusion of everything else.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Nevertheless the people be strong . . . --The spies adopted the words of Exodus 3:8, "flowing with milk and honey," as descriptive of the fertility of the land of Canaan, but at the same time they discouraged the hearts of their brethren by their description of the strength of the fortified cities and the gigantic stature of the inhabitants.The children of Anak.--Better, of the Anakim. (See Numbers 13:22, and Note.)
