"The officers will also say to the men, 'Is there any man here who has lost his nerve and is afraid? If so, he is to go home. Otherwise, he will destroy the morale of the others.'

The leaders of Edom are terrified; Moab's mighty men are trembling; the people of Canaan lose their courage.

and said to them, "I know that the LORD has given you this land. Everyone in the country is terrified of you.

We were afraid as soon as we heard about it; we have all lost our courage because of you. The LORD your God is God in heaven above and here on earth.

and then said, "We are sure that the LORD has given us the whole country. All the people there are terrified of us."

The men who went with me, however, made our people afraid. But I faithfully obeyed the LORD my God.

Everyone's hands will hang limp, and everyone's courage will fail.

When they ask you why you are groaning, tell them it is because of the news that is coming. When it comes, their hearts will be filled with fear, their hands will hang limp, their courage will fail, and their knees will tremble. The time has come; it is here." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.

"Listen, people of Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River and occupy the land belonging to nations greater and more powerful than you. Their cities are large, with walls that reach the sky.

The people themselves are tall and strong; they are giants, and you have heard it said that no one can stand against them.

But the people who live there are powerful, and their cities are very large and well fortified. Even worse, we saw the descendants of the giants there.

Caleb silenced the people who were complaining against Moses, and said, "We should attack now and take the land; we are strong enough to conquer it."

So they spread a false report among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said, "That land doesn't even produce enough to feed the people who live there. Everyone we saw was very tall,

The people themselves are tall and strong; they are giants, and you have heard it said that no one can stand against them.

None of the Anakim were left in the land of Israel; a few, however, were left in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

Caleb drove the descendants of Anak out of the city---the clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

They marched against the Canaanites living in the city of Hebron, which used to be called Kiriath Arba. There they defeated the clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

As Moses had commanded, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove out of the city the three clans descended from Anak.

A giant named Ishbibenob, who was carrying a bronze spear that weighed about seven and a half pounds and who was wearing a new sword, thought he could kill David.

After this there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, during which Sibbecai from Hushah killed a giant named Saph.

Then there was another battle at Gath, where there was a giant who loved to fight. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.

These four were descendants of the giants of Gath, and they were killed by David and his men.