Deuteronomy 1:28 (KJV)

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Whither shall we go up our brethren have discouraged our heart saying The people is greater and taller than we the cities are great and walled up to heaven and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there

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discouraged. Heb. melted. De 20:8 Ex 15:15 Jos 2:9 Jos 2:11 Jos 2:24 Jos 14:8 Isa 13:7 Eze 21:7

The people. De 9:1 De 9:2 Nu 13:28-33

we have seen. De 9:2 Jos 11:22 Jos 15:14 Jude 1:10 Jude 1:20 2Sa 21:16-22

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.

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