Deuteronomy 1:28

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28 H5927 [H8802] Where can we go up? H251 our brethren H4549 [H8689] have discouraged H3824 our heart, H559 [H8800] saying, H5971 The people H1419 are greater H7311 [H8802] and taller H5892 than we; the cities H1419 are great H1219 [H8803] and walled up H8064 to heaven; H7200 [H8804] and moreover we have seen H1121 the sons H6062 of the Anakims there.

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discouraged. Heb. melted.
Deuteronomy 20:8
Exodus 15:15; Joshua 2:9; Joshua 2:11; Joshua 2:24
Joshua 14:8; Isaiah 13:7; Ezekiel 21:7
The people.
Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 9:2; Numbers 13:28-33
walled.That is, with very high walls, which could not be easily scaled. Harmer says, high walls are still to be seen in Arabia, and are deemed a sufficient defence against the Arabs, who scarcely ever attempt to plunder except on horseback. The monastery on Mount Sinai, and the convent of St. Anthony in Egypt, are surrounded with a very high wall, without gates; the persons and things being taken up and let down through an opening in the upper part, by means of a pulley and a basket. This kind of walling is a sufficient defence.
we have seen.
Deuteronomy 9:2; Joshua 11:22; Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10; Judges 1:20; 2 Samuel 21:16-22