Numbers 13:29
But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- sed cultores fortissimos habet, et urbes grandes atque muratas. Stirpem Enac vidimus ibi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ὃτι θρασὺ τὸ ἒθνος τὸ κατοικοῦν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς, καὶ πόλεις ὀχυραὶ τετειχισμέναι καὶ μεγάλαι σφόδρα, καὶ τὴν γενεὰν Ἐνὰχ ἑωράκαμεν ἐκεῖ·
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Numbers 13:28
- אֶ֚פֶס כִּֽי עַ֣ז הָעָ֔ם הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים בְּצֻר֤וֹת גְּדֹלֹת֙ מְאֹ֔ד וְגַם יְלִדֵ֥י הָֽעֲנָ֖ק רָאִ֥ינוּ שָֽׁם
The Fathers on this verse
St Ambrose On the Duties of the Clergy, Chapter VIII. That those who put what is virtuous before what is useful are acceptable to God is shown by the example of Joshua, Caleb, and the other spies
54. Joshua, also, and Caleb, when sent to spy out the land, brought back the news that the land was indeed rich, but that it was inhabited by very fierce nations. The people, terrified at the thought of war, refused to take possession of their land. Joshua and Caleb, who had been sent as spies, tried to persuade them that the land was fruitful. They thought it unseemly to give way before the heathen; they chose rather to be stoned, which is what the people threatened, than to recede from their virtuous standpoint. The others kept dissuading, the people exclaimed against it, saying they would have to fight against cruel and terrible nations; that they would fall in battle, and their wives and children would be left for a prey.