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Deuteronomy 1:28-30
Contemporary English Version
Deuteronomy 1:28-30
Contemporary English Version
28 We are afraid, because the men who explored the land told us that the cities are large, with walls that reach to the sky. The people who live there are taller and stronger than we are,[a] and some of them are Anakim.[b] We have nowhere to go.”
29 Then I said, “Don't worry! 30 The Lord our God will lead the way. He will fight on our side, just as he did when we saw him do all those things to the Egyptians.
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- 1.28 The people … we are: Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts and one ancient translation “the people who live there are stronger than we are, and there are more of them than there are of us.”
- 1.28 Anakim: Perhaps a group of very tall people that lived in or near Palestine before the Israelites. See also 2.10,11, 20,21; Numbers 13.33.
Deuteronomy 1:28-30
New International Version
Deuteronomy 1:28-30
New International Version
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.’”
29 Then I said to you, “Do not be terrified; do not be afraid(C) of them.(D) 30 The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight(E) for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,
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