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Deuteronomy 2:11

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 2:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.
Deuteronomy 2:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
10(The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:
11these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.
12The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which Jehovah gave unto them.)
13Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
14And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims, etc.] Because of their bulky size and tall stature; or, “the Rephaim were they accounted, even they as the Anakims;” they were reckoned Rephaim, a name for giants in early times, even as the Anakims were; (see <011405>Genesis 14:5) but the Moabites called them Emims; to distinguish them from the Rephaim; so that it seems this name of Emims was not originally their name, but they are called so by a prolepsis, or anticipation, in (<011405>Genesis 14:5) since they had it from the Moabites, a people of a later date.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal references. These verses are either parenthetical or the insertion of a later hand. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“2:11 The Rephaites lived near Ashteroth-karnaim (Gen 14:5; perhaps modern Tell Ashtarah), due east of the Sea of Galilee (see Deut 1:4).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“as the Anakims: Deu 1:28, Deu 9:2; Num 13:22, Num 13:28, Num 13:33 Deuteronomy 2:12”
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