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27 They told Moses, We came to the land to which you sent us; surely it flows with milk and honey. This is its fruit.

28 But the people who dwell there are strong, and the cities are [a]fortified and very large; moreover, there we saw the sons of Anak [of great stature and courage].

29 Amalek dwells in the land of the South (the Negeb); the Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and along by the side of the Jordan [River].

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 13:28 The scouts probably had not seen walled cities before, having lived their childhood in Goshen in Egypt. Those who forgot God’s power to help them naturally found the situation formidable, as happens in the lives of most people. “ ‘But God’ makes all the difference between cowards and Calebs.”

27 They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey!(A) Here is its fruit.(B) 28 But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.(C) We even saw descendants of Anak(D) there.(E) 29 The Amalekites(F) live in the Negev; the Hittites,(G) Jebusites(H) and Amorites(I) live in the hill country;(J) and the Canaanites(K) live near the sea and along the Jordan.(L)

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