The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
The verse stands within the account of Israel's route past Moab during the advance toward conquest. That territory had been given by God to the descendants of Lot, and Israel was commanded not to take it from them. In that setting the verse records that in earlier times the Emim had dwelt there. It portrays them as a people great and many and tall, like the Anakim.
The verse stands within the account of Israel's route past Moab during the advance toward conquest. That territory had been given by God to the descendants of Lot, and Israel was commanded not to take it from them. In that setting the verse records that in earlier times the Emim had dwelt there. It portrays them as a people great and many and tall, like the Anakim.