our brethren. our own brethren. Compare Numbers 13:28.
heart. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "hearts" (plural)
taller. greater. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read "more in number".
walled, &c. Figure of speech Hyperbole. App-6.
Anakims. First occurrence; elsewhere, Deuteronomy 2:10; Deuteronomy 2:11; Deuteronomy 2:21; Deuteronomy 9:2.Joshua 11:21; Joshua 11:22; Joshua 14:12; Joshua 14:15. See App-25. For "sons of Anak", see note on Numbers 13:22.