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these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.
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God's Power on Display
Commentators see this historical note as a powerful encouragement for Israel. As Matthew Henry highlights, if God's general providence allowed the Moabites to defeat a giant race like the Emim, it demonstrates that God's power is more than sufficient to fulfill His specific promises to His own people as they prepare to enter their promised land.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal references. These verses are either parenthetical or an insertion by a later writer.
19th Century
Anglican
These three verses which follow should be read parenthetically.
The Emims. —See Genesis 14:5-6, for the first mention of Rep…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims Because of their bulky size and tall stature; or, "the Rephaim they…
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We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these: the Caphtorims drove the Avims o…
