Numbers 13:28 (BSB)

Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.

From Numbers 13. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 13:28

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 13:26-33: It is a wonder how the people of Israel had patience to stay forty days for the return of their spies, when they were just ready to enter Canaan, under all the assurances of success they could have from the divine power, and a constant series of miracles that had hitherto attended them; but they distrusted God's power and promise, and were willing to be...
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Numbers 13:28: Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. (k) Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, whom Caleb slew afterward, .
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Numbers 13:25-29: Num 13:25-29 In forty days the spies returned to the camp at Kadesh (see at Num 16:6), and reported the great fertility of the land (“it floweth with milk and honey,” see at Exo 3:8), pointing, at the same time, to the fruit they had brought with them; “nevertheless,” they added (כּי אפס, “only that”), “the people be strong that dwell in the land, and...