Numbers 13:33
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33 We even saw giants[a] there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”
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- 13:33 Hebrew nephilim.
Numbers 13:33
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33 We saw the Nephilim(A) there (the descendants of Anak(B) come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers(C) in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
Deuteronomy 1:28
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28 Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!”’
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Deuteronomy 1:28
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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.’”
Deuteronomy 9:2
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2 The people are strong and tall—descendants of the famous Anakite giants. You’ve heard the saying, ‘Who can stand up to the Anakites?’
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Deuteronomy 9:2
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2 The people are strong and tall—Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?”(A)
Genesis 6:4
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4 In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.
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Genesis 6:4
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4 The Nephilim(A) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(B) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(C)
Isaiah 40:22
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22 God sits above the circle of the earth.
The people below seem like grasshoppers to him!
He spreads out the heavens like a curtain
and makes his tent from them.
Deuteronomy 3:11
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11 (King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide.[a] It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
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- 3:11 Hebrew 9 cubits [4.1 meters] long and 4 cubits [1.8 meters] wide.
Deuteronomy 3:11
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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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- Deuteronomy 3:11 That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide
1 Chronicles 11:23
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23 Once, armed only with a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was 7 1⁄2 feet[a] tall and who was armed with a spear as thick as a weaver’s beam. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with it.
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- 11:23 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters].
1 Chronicles 11:23
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23 And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits[a] tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod(A) in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
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- 1 Chronicles 11:23 That is, about 7 feet 6 inches or about 2.3 meters
2 Samuel 21:20-22
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20 In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man[a] with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants. 21 But when he defied and taunted Israel, he was killed by Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimea.[b]
22 These four Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.
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- 21:20 As in parallel text at 1 Chr 20:6; Hebrew reads a Midianite.
- 21:21 As in parallel text at 1 Chr 20:7; Hebrew reads Shimei, a variant spelling of Shimea.
2 Samuel 21:20-22
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20 In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He also was descended from Rapha. 21 When he taunted(A) Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah,(B) David’s brother, killed him.
22 These four were descendants of Rapha in Gath, and they fell at the hands of David and his men.
1 Samuel 17:42
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42 sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy.
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1 Samuel 17:42
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42 He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome,(A) and he despised(B) him.
1 Samuel 17:4-7
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4 Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was over nine feet[a] tall! 5 He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds.[b] 6 He also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze javelin on his shoulder. 7 The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds.[c] His armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying a shield.
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1 Samuel 17:4-7
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4 A champion named Goliath,(A) who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.[a] 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[b]; 6 on his legs he wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin(B) was slung on his back. 7 His spear shaft was like a weaver’s rod,(C) and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.[c] His shield bearer(D) went ahead of him.
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- 1 Samuel 17:4 That is, about 9 feet 9 inches or about 3 meters
- 1 Samuel 17:5 That is, about 125 pounds or about 58 kilograms
- 1 Samuel 17:7 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms
Deuteronomy 2:10
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10 (A race of giants called the Emites had once lived in the area of Ar. They were as strong and numerous and tall as the Anakites, another race of giants.
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Deuteronomy 2:10
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Numbers 13:22
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22 Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)
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Numbers 13:22
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22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron,(A) where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai,(B) the descendants of Anak,(C) lived. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)(D)
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