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13:33

14:1

13:33	While we were there, we saw the titans. They were sons of the giant, who descended from the [original] titans. We felt like tiny grasshoppers! That's all that we were in their eyes. Vesham ra'inu et-hanefilim beney Anak min-hanefilim vanehi ve'eyneynu kachagavim vechen hayinu be'eyneyhem.
14:1	The entire community raised a hubbub and began to shout. That night, the people wept. Vatisa kol-ha'edah vayitnu et-kolam vayivku ha'am balaylah hahu.

Commentary:

titans
Nefilim in Hebrew. See Genesis 6:4.

tiny grasshoppers
Chagavim in Hebrew, the smallest kosher species of locust (see Leviticus 11:22).

That night
The eve of 9 Av, better known as Tisha B'Av. (See note on Numbers 13:25). It hence became a day of tragedy.

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