Bible: Numbers 13:27-33
13:27 They told Moses, 1 “We went to the land where you sent us. 2 It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, 3 and this is its fruit. 13:28 But 4 the inhabitants 5 are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. 13:29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks 6 of the Jordan.” 7
13:30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying, “Let us go up 8 and occupy it, 9 for we are well able to conquer it.” 10 13:31 But the men 11 who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!” 13:32 Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging 12 report of the land they had investigated, saying, “The land that we passed through 13 to investigate is a land that devours 14 its inhabitants. 15 All the people we saw there 16 are of great stature. 13:33 We even saw the Nephilim 17 there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves 18 and to them.” 19
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