KJV ORIGINAL
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
These people were also considered giants, like the Anakites, but the Moabites called them Emims.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is explaining that there were different names for the same groups of giant people - what some called Anakites, the Moabites called Emims.
📚 Historical Context
Moses is recounting Israel's wilderness journey and describing the various peoples who had previously lived in the lands they were encountering. The Anakites were a well-known group of unusually tall, powerful people that the Israelites had heard about and feared. Different nations had their own names for these giant peoples - what the Israelites knew as Anakites, the Moabites (descendants of Lot) called Emims.
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