28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart,[a](A) saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens.(B) We also saw the descendants of the Anakim(C) there.’

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  1. 1:28 Lit have melted our hearts

28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, ‘The people are stronger and taller(A) than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites(B) there.’”

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Warning against Self-Righteousness

“Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and drive out nations greater and stronger than you,(A) with large cities fortified to the heavens.(B)

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Not Because of Israel’s Righteousness

Hear, Israel: You are now about to cross the Jordan(A) to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you,(B) with large cities(C) that have walls up to the sky.(D)

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26 Rising up to the sky, sinking down to the depths,
their courage[a] melting away in anguish,(A)

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  1. 107:26 Lit souls

26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
    in their peril(A) their courage melted(B) away.

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