King James Version
What Does Numbers 13:33 Mean?
“And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.”
Context
31
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
32
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. men: Heb. men of statures
33
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(33) **And there we saw the giants.—**The same word, *nephilim. *is here used which is found in Genesis 6:4. See Note *in loc.*
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Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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