Deuteronomy 9:2 meaning and explanation

The 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?”

Deuteronomy 9:2, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses is speaking to Israel on the plains of Moab, just before they cross the Jordan. He describes the Anakim, the tall people the spies had feared decades earlier, whose fortified cities seemed impossible to take.

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