(The Emim lived there before, a great and numerous people, and tall as the Anakim.
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(The Emim lived there before, a great and numerous people, and tall as the Anakim.
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The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
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The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim;
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 2:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 14:5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
- Numbers 13:22 They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Deuteronomy 2:11 These also are considered to be Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Signifying that as these giants were driven out for…
Signifying that as these giants were driven out for their sins: so the wicked when their sins are ripe, cannot avoid God’s plagues.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past,…
Deu 2:10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
Ver. 10. Many and tall are the Anakims.] And if God cast out those Emims, or terrible ones, before the Moabites, will he not much more cast out these Anakims before the Israelites? Nihil unquam ei negasse credendum est, quem ad vituli hortatur esum. {a}
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{a} Jerome.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Emims; men terrible for stature and strength, as their…
Emims; men terrible for stature and strength, as their very name imports; see Gen 14:5; whose expulsion by the Moabites is here noted as a great encouragement to the Israelites, for whose sake he would much more drive out the wicked and accursed Canaanites.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The Emims dwelt there in time past,.... We read…
The Emims dwelt there in time past,.... We read of them as early as the times of Chedorlaomer, Gen 14:5 when their dwelling was in Kirjathaim, a city which Sihon king of the Amorites took from the Moabites, and which being taken from him, was with others given to the tribe of Reuben, Num 32:37. These are by some thought to be the same with the Yemim which Anah found and met with in the wilderness, and defeated, which we render "mules", Gen 36:24. They had their name from the fear and terror they put men into because of their gigantic stature and great strength, as follows: it is probable they were the descendants of Ham:
a people great and many, and tall as the Anakims; who were very numerous, of a very bulky size of body, and of high stature, like the giants the spies had seen at Hebron, the sons of Anak, a noted giant there, Num 13:22.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The Emims - Men terrible for stature and strength,…
The Emims - Men terrible for stature and strength, as their very name imparts, whose expulsion by the Moabites is here noted as a great encouragement to the Israelites, for whose sake he would much more drive out the wicked and accursed Canaanites.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. The Emims dwelt therein] Calmet supposes that…
Verse 10. The Emims dwelt therein] Calmet supposes that these people were destroyed in the war made against them by Chedorlaomer and his allies, Ge 14:5. Lot possessed their country after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha. They are generally esteemed as giants; probably they were a hardy, fierce, and terrible people, who lived, like the wandering Arabs, on the plunder of others. This was sufficient to gain them the appellation of giants, or men of prodigious stature. See next verse.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 2:10-12. The Emims — Men terrible for stature…
Deu 2:10-12. The Emims — Men terrible for stature and strength, as their very name imports, whose expulsion by the Moabites is here noted as a great encouragement to the Israelites, for whose sake he would much more drive out the wicked and accursed Canaanites. Which the Lord gave —
The past tense is here put for the future, will give, after the manner of the prophets.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal…
For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal references. These verses are either parenthetical or the insertion of a later hand.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Emim signifies "the terrible," or "men of cubits or…
Emim signifies "the terrible," or "men of cubits or length." See Numbers xiii. 33. They had been probably ruined in the war of Chodorlahomor, (Genesis xiv. 5,) a little before the birth of Moab. (Calmet) --- But those few who remained, were sufficient to strike the beholders with terror, as they were not inferior to the other giants who were known, since the deluge, of the race of Enac, or of Rapha. (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10-12. These verses are parenthetical. Deu_2:9 connects with Deu_2:13.
10-12. These verses are parenthetical. Deu_2:9 connects with Deu_2:13.
Emim — Hebrew, the terrible ones. See Gen_14:5.
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Which also were accounted giants — Hebrew, Rephaim. For the Rephaim see Gen_14:5. They seem to have been a people of large stature. They included the Emim, Anakim, and Zummim.
Horim — Or Horites; dwellers in caves. See Gen_14:6.
As Israel did unto the land of his possession — Keil renders this passage, As Israel has done to the land of his possession, and makes it refer to the land east of the Jordan — Gilead and Bashan, which was already conquered and given to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh. Others view the passage from 10 to 12 as parenthetical, and an explanatory addition by a later hand. “They contain exactly such matter as a modern editor might have given in explanatory footnotes, but which a Jewish reviser, if duly authorized, would feel warranted in writing along with his text.” — Speaker’s Commentary. It is, on the whole, most probable that these verses are a parenthetical statement by Moses. There is every reason to believe that he was familiar with the history of the tribes here mentioned.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. The Emim] Only here and Gen_14:5 which places…
10. The Emim] Only here and Gen_14:5 which places the Emîm in Shaweh-Ḳiriathaim, probably the plain of the present Ḳureiyât, N. of Arnon. Whether the name is of an actual people or of mythical formation like Repha’îm, Nephilîm, etc. as if from ’emah, fear, or Ar. ’iyam ‘serpent’ (Schwally, ZATW, xviii. 135 f.), is uncertain.
10–12. An archaeological note, rightly put in brackets by R.V., written after the settlement in W. Palestine, as is clear from the end of Deu_2:12. This of course does not in itself prove that the note is by a later hand than the rest of the discourse.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10-12) These three verses which follow should be read…
(10-12) These three verses which follow should be read parenthetically.
The Emims.—See Gen_14:5-6, for the first mention of Rephaim, Zuzim, Emim, and Horim. (The termination im is plural in Hebrew, and, like cherubim, does not need the additional s.) These tribes were flourishing in the time of Abraham, but were conquered before the exodus.
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The children of Esau succeeded them.—A partial mixture of the two races resulted in this case, and from their union sprang the Amalekites, Israel’s inveterate foes (Gen_36:12; Gen_36:22).
As Israel did unto the land of his possession.—On the east of Jordan in Moses’ lifetime, as well as on the west of Jordan under Joshua. It is not necessary, therefore, to make the parenthesis (Deu_2:10-12) editorial, though it forms no essential part of Moses’ speech.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 10-12. The mention of the Moabites gives occasion…
Vers. 10-12. The mention of the Moabites gives occasion to the author to introduce some notices of the ancient inhabitants of Edom and Moab. In Moab dwelt, in the earlier times, the Emim, a giant race, potent and numerous, like the "Anakim. They were also, like the "Anakim reckoned among the Rephaim, but were by the Moabites called Emim. The word Emim means frightful, and was given to these men probably because of their huge stature and fierce aspect. Anakims . (see Deu_1:28) Rephaim seems to have been a generic name of these gigantic Canaanitish tribes. (see Gen_14:5 Gen_15:20) The Horim appear from the name (from dwOj, a cave) to have been a Troglodyte race, inhabiting the caves which abound in the Edomite range, and with whom, perhaps, originated the conception which was at a later period carried out in the marvelous rock city of Petra. Of their own origin nothing is known. As Israel did or has done unto the land of his possession. This cannot be regarded as uttered proleptically; it must either be the insertion of a later age, or it must refer to the conquest which had actually been made before this by the Israelites of the land to the east of the Jordan. and which is, in Deu_3:20, described as the possession which the Lord had given to the two tribes and a half to whom it had been assigned. The latter is the preferable supposition.
Vers. 10-13, 20-24. The Emims, Horims, Zamzummins, etc.
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If these verses are part of the context of the original speech, and not a later insertion, they must be viewed as scraps of history introduced to encourage the Israelites in their work of conquest, and to dispel their apprehensions by showing what had been done by others. They suggest
I THAT THE PRESENT MAY LEARN FROM THE PAST. History, sacred and secular, is a powerful influence in forming the characters of the living race. The brave deeds, the conquests, the self-sacrificing endurances of those who have lived before us, are of use to rouse from apathy, and to inspire with courage and enthusiasm. The early conquests of the gospel help us to believe in its power to overcome existing oppositions.
II THAT THE CHURCH MAY LEARN FROM THE WORLD. The holy nation is here incited by pointing to what other peoples have done in pursuit of their secular ambitions. If the Moabites could drive out the Emims, "a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims" (ver. 10), and if the Edomites and Ammonites could do the like in their respective districts, why should Israel fear the enemies to be encountered in his? We may learn much from men of the world from the boldness of their plans, their ingenuity in surmounting difficulties, their admirable perseverance, their self-denial in working out their ends, etc. Were the Church half as diligent, wise, and determined in the prosecution of her work, as they are in making the schemes which they adopt succeed, it would be the inauguration of a day of splendid spiritual successes.
III THAT THE DESPONDING MAY LEARN FROM THE SUCCESSFUL. It is something to feel that we are not the first who have had to face giants. What has been done once can be done again, and it is a great matter to be able to point to cases in which the very difficulties we are contending with have been successfully surmounted. J.O.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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The writer begins to give background information about the people of the land. These words are not part of Moses' speech to the Israelites. (See: Background Information)
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The Emites lived ... call them the Emim
These words give background information about the Emite people, who had lived in the land before the Moabites. Your language may have a special way to mark background information. (See: Background Information)
Emites ... Rephaim
These are names of people groups that were considered giants. (See: How to Translate Names)
Anakim
These are descendants of the Anak people who were very large and fierce. See how you translated this in Deuteronomy 1:28.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2:10 The Emites were also located at Shaveh-kiriathaim (Gen…
2:10 The Emites were also located at Shaveh-kiriathaim (Gen 14:5), perhaps ten miles east of the Dead Sea’s north end.
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