29. Amalekites live in the southern part of the land; Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and Canaanites live by the Mediterranean Sea and along the River Jordan.”
30. Caleb silenced the people who were complaining against Moses, and said, “We should attack now and take the land; we are strong enough to conquer it.”
31. But the men who had gone with Caleb said, “No, we are not strong enough to attack them; the people there are more powerful than we are.”
32. So they spread a false report among the Israelites about the land they had explored. They said, “That land doesn't even produce enough to feed the people who live there. Everyone we saw was very tall,
33. and we even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak. We felt as small as grasshoppers, and that is how we must have looked to them.”