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.”

Warning against Self-Righteousness

9 ‘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)