اعداد 13:33

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33 و در آنجا جباران‌ بنی‌عناق‌ را دیدیم‌ كه‌ اولاد جبّارانند، و ما در نظر خود مثل‌ ملخ‌ بودیم‌ و همچنین‌ در نظر ایشان‌ می‌نمودیم‌.»

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saw the giants: Numbers 13:22, Deuteronomy 1:28, Deuteronomy 2:10, Deuteronomy 3:11, Deuteronomy 9:2, 1 Samuel 17:4-7, 2 Samuel 21:20-22, 1 Chronicles 11:23

and we were: 1 Samuel 17:42, Isaiah 40:22

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:4 - giants Numbers 13:28 - saw the Deuteronomy 2:11 - as the Anakims Joshua 2:24 - Truly the Lord Joshua 14:12 - the Anakims Judges 1:10 - Sheshai 1 Samuel 9:2 - from his shoulders 1 Samuel 17:24 - sore 2 Samuel 21:16 - of the sons Proverbs 22:13 - The slothful Amos 2:9 - whose John 21:25 - that even

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there we saw the giants,.... Not throughout the land, and yet it is so expressed, and in such connection with what goes before, that it might be so understood, and as they might choose it should; that as there were men everywhere of an uncommon size, and were generally so, there were some larger than they in all places, of a prodigious size, of a gigantic stature; and yet this was only in Hebron where they saw them;

the sons of Anak; whose names are given, Numbers 13:22; and there were but three of them:

[which came] of the giants; they, were of the race of giants; for not only Anak their father, but Arba their grandfather was one; Joshua 14:15;

and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers; little diminutive creatures in comparison of them; an hyperbolical exaggeration of the greatness of the giants, and of their own littleness:

and so we were in their sight; but this they could not be so certain of, and could only make conjectures by their neglect or supercilious treatment of them. Jarchi makes them to speak of them more diminutively still, as that they heard those giants saying one to another,

"there are ants in the vineyards like men.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 13:33. There we saw the giants — נפלים nephilim. It is evident that they had seen a robust, sturdy, warlike race of men, and of great stature; for the asserted fact is not denied by Joshua or Caleb.

Tales of gigantic men are frequent in all countries, but they are generally of such as have lived in times very remote from those in which such tales are told. That there have been giants at different times, in various parts of the earth, there can be no doubt; but that there ever was a nation of men twelve and fourteen feet high, we cannot, should not believe. Goliath appears to have been at least nine feet high: this was very extraordinary. I knew three young men in my own neighbourhood, two of them brothers, each of whom was upwards of seven feet, the third was eight feet six inches, and these men were very well proportioned. Others I have seen of extraordinary stature, but they were generally disproportioned, especially in their limbs. These instances serve to prove the possibility of cases of this nature. The Anakim might appear to the Israelites as a very tall, robust nation; and in comparison of the latter it is very probable that they were so, as it is very likely that the growth of the Israelites had been greatly cramped with their long and severe servitude in Egypt. And this may in some measure account for their alarm. On this subject the reader is desired to turn back to the note on Genesis 6:4.

CANAAN was a type of the kingdom of God; the wilderness through which the Israelites passed, of the difficulties and trials to be met with in the present world. The promise of the kingdom of God is given to every believer; but how many are discouraged by the difficulties in the way! A slothful heart sees dangers, lions, and giants, every where; and therefore refuses to proceed in the heavenly path. Many of the spies contribute to this by the bad reports they bring of the heavenly country. Certain preachers allow "that the land is good, that it flows with milk and honey," and go so far as to show some of its fruits; but they discourage the people by stating the impossibility of overcoming their enemies. "Sin," say they, "cannot be destroyed in this life - it will always dwell in you - the Anakim cannot be conquered - we are but as grasshoppers against the Anakim," c., &c. Here and there a Joshua and a Caleb, trusting alone in the power of God, armed with faith in the infinite efficacy of that blood which cleanses from all unrighteousness, boldly stand forth and say: "Their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us let us go up at once and possess the land, for we are well able to overcome." We can do all things through Christ strengthening us: he will purify us unto himself, and give us that rest from sin here which his death has procured and his word has promised. Reader, canst thou not take God at his word? He has never yet failed thee. Surely then thou hast no reason to doubt. Thou hast never yet tried him to the uttermost. Thou knowest not how far and how fully he can save. Do not be dispirited: the sons of Anak shall fall before thee, if thou meet them in the name of the LORD of HOSTS.