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, ³¹ and in the wilderness. There you saw how the Lord your God carried^(F) you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”^(G)

³² In spite of this,^(H) you did not trust^(I) in the Lord your God, ³³ who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day,^(J) to search^(K) out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

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,