²⁸ Nevertheless the ^(A)people who dwell in the land are strong; the cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of ^(B)Anak there.

²⁸ Where can we go up? Our brethren have ^[a]discouraged our hearts, saying, ^(A)“The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the ^(B)Anakim there.” ’

²² None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only ^(A)in Gaza, in Gath, ^(B)and in Ashdod.

¹² Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how ^(A)the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. ^(B)It may be that the Lord will be with me, and ^(C)I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said.”