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Numbers 13:32

So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.

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ASV

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.

KJV

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיּוֹצִ֜יאוּvai.yo.Tzi.'uand they brought outH3318 →
דִּבַּ֤תdi.Bat<the> bad report ofH1681 →
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
תָּר֣וּta.Ruthey had spied outH8446 →
אֹתָ֔הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הָאָ֡רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָבַ֨רְנוּ'a.Var.nuwe passedH5674 →
בָ֜הּvahin <the> it
לָת֣וּרla.Turto spy outH8446 →
אֹתָ֗הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853 →
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[is] a landH776 →
אֹכֶ֤לֶת'o.Khe.let[which] devoursH398 →
יוֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙yo.she.Vei.hainhabitants itsH3427 →
הִ֔ואhi'itH1931 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
הָעָ֛םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
רָאִ֥ינוּra.'I.nuwe sawH7200 →
בְתוֹכָ֖הּve.to.Khahin [the] midst of itH8432 →
אַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.Shei[were] men ofH582 →
מִדּֽוֹת׃mi.Dotstature<s>H4060 →

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Amos 2:9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.Numbers 14:36–37So the men Moses had sent to spy out the land, who had returned and made the whole congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report about the land—Ezekiel 36:13–14For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’Deuteronomy 7:17You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.Ezekiel 36:13For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’Isaiah 45:14This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”Deuteronomy 1:28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”2 Samuel 21:20And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,Ezekiel 36:12Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children.Psalms 44:2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.Numbers 13:28Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.1 Chronicles 20:6And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,Psalms 106:24They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

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