²⁷ They ·told [reported to] Moses, “We went to the land where you sent us, and it is a ·fertile land [^Lland flowing with milk and honey; Ex. 3:8]! Here is some of its fruit. ²⁸ But the people who live there are strong. Their cities are walled and very large. We even saw some Anakites there. ²⁹ The Amalekites live in the ·southern area [Negev; Ex. 17:8–16]; the Hittites, Jebusites [^Cinhabitants in and around Jerusalem], and Amorites live in the mountains; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan River.”