Deuteronomy 2:11

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“Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.”

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Read Deuteronomy 2:11 in the flow of Deuteronomy2 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Deuteronomy2 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Rephaim they are reckoned, they also, as the Anakim; and the Moabites call them Emim.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 2:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 6:4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
  2. 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,
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Numbers 13:33We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
  6. 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.’”
  7. Deuteronomy 9:2The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
  8. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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