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Deuteronomy 2:20-21

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2:20 (That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. 1  The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. 2  2:21 They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites 3  in advance of the Ammonites, 4  so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place.

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[2:20]  1 sn Rephaites. See note on this word in Deut 2:11.

[2:20]  2 sn Zamzummites. Just as the Moabites called Rephaites by the name Emites, the Ammonites called them Zamzummites (or Zazites; Gen 14:5).

[2:21]  3 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Rephaites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:21]  4 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the Ammonites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.



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