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21 a strong and numerous people, as tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites[a] so that they could dispossess them and settle in their place.(A)

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  1. 2.21 Heb before them

21 They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.(A) The Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.

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10 At kings they scoff,
    and of rulers they make sport.
They laugh at every fortress
    and heap up earth to take it.(A)
11 Then they sweep by like the wind;
    they transgress and become guilty;
    their own might is their god!(B)

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10 They mock kings
    and scoff at rulers.(A)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
    by building earthen ramps(B) they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind(C) and go on—
    guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(D)

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All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave.(A)

But if any nation or kingdom will not serve this king, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, then I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, says the Lord, until I have completed its destruction by his hand.(B)

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All nations will serve(A) him and his son and his grandson until the time(B) for his land comes; then many nations and great kings will subjugate(C) him.

“‘“If, however, any nation or kingdom will not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon or bow its neck under his yoke, I will punish(D) that nation with the sword,(E) famine(F) and plague,(G) declares the Lord, until I destroy it by his hand.

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24 Should you not possess what your god Chemosh gives you to possess? And should we not be the ones to possess everything that the Lord our God has conquered for our benefit?(A)

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24 Will you not take what your god Chemosh(A) gives you? Likewise, whatever the Lord our God has given us,(B) we will possess.

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11 (Now only King Og of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. In fact, his bed, an iron bed, can still be seen in Rabbah of the Ammonites. By the common cubit it is nine cubits long and four cubits wide.)(A)

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11 (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.(A) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.[a] It is still in Rabbah(B) of the Ammonites.)

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  1. Deuteronomy 3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide

22 He did the same for the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, by destroying the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their place even to this day.(A)

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22 The Lord had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir,(A) when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

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10 (The Emim—a large and numerous people, as tall as the Anakim—had formerly inhabited it.(A) 11 Like the Anakim, they are usually reckoned as Rephaim, though the Moabites call them Emim.

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10 (The Emites(A) used to live there—a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.(B) 11 Like the Anakites, they too were considered Rephaites,(C) but the Moabites called them Emites.

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28 Where are we headed? Our kindred have made our hearts melt by reporting, “The people are stronger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven! We actually saw there the offspring of the Anakim!” ’(A)

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28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller(A) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites(B) there.’”

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