Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 2:20 
Context2:20 (That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. 1 The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. 2
Deuteronomy 2:23
Context2:23 As for the Avvites 3 who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza, Caphtorites 4 who came from Crete 5 destroyed them and settled down in their place.)
Deuteronomy 4:33
Context4:33 Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it?
Deuteronomy 23:7
Context23:7 You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; 6 you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner 7 in his land.
Deuteronomy 29:16
Context29:16 “(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.
1 sn Rephaites. See note on this word in Deut 2:11.
2 sn Zamzummites. Just as the Moabites called Rephaites by the name Emites, the Ammonites called them Zamzummites (or Zazites; Gen 14:5).
3 sn Avvites. Otherwise unknown, these people were probably also Anakite (or Rephaite) giants who lived in the lower Mediterranean coastal plain until they were expelled by the Caphtorites.
4 sn Caphtorites. These peoples are familiar from both the OT (Gen 10:14; 1 Chr 1:12; Jer 47:4; Amos 9:7) and ancient Near Eastern texts (Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, 2:37-38; ANET 138). They originated in Crete (OT “Caphtor”) and are identified as the ancestors of the Philistines (Gen 10:14; Jer 47:4).
5 tn Heb “Caphtor”; the modern name of the island of Crete is used in the translation for clarity (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).
6 tn Heb “brother.”
7 tn Heb “sojourner.”
