Deuteronomy 2:10

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“(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.”

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BSBPD

“(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“(The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`The Emim formerly have dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 2:10 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 14:5In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
  2. Numbers 13:22They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
  3. 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.’”
  4. Deuteronomy 2:11Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
  5. 2 Samuel 21:16Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.

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