Deuteronomy 3:5

Deuteronomy 3:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
• New International Version (NIV)All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns.

Context of Deuteronomy 3:5

3So the Lord our God also handed King Og of Bashan and all his troops over to us. We defeated him, leaving no survivors. 4At that time we captured all of his cities. There wasn’t a city we didn’t take. We captured a total of 60 cities—the whole territory of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All of these cities were fortified with high walls and double-door gates with bars across the gates. We also captured a large number of unwalled villages. 6We claimed them all for God, destroying every city, including men, women, and children—as we did to King Sihon of Heshbon. 7However, we did loot the cities, taking all of the cattle and goods.

Deuteronomy 3:5 word by word

כָּל־אֵ֜לֶּה עָרִ֧ים בְּצֻר֛וֹת חוֹמָ֥ה גְבֹהָ֖ה דְּלָתַ֣יִם וּבְרִ֑יחַ לְבַ֛ד מֵעָרֵ֥י הַפְּרָזִ֖י הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All these citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• fencedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• with highגָּבֹהַּgâbôhha gâbôhha · highH1364
• wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• gatesדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817
• and barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
• beside unwalledפְּרָזִיperâzîy perôzîy · villagerH6521
• a greatמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• manyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:5

• Deuteronomy 1:28Where are we going anyway? Our own men have discouraged us by saying, ‘The people there are taller and stronger than we are. The cities are big with sky-high walls! We even saw the people of Anak there.’ ”
• Numbers 13:28But the people who live there are strong, and the cities have walls and are very large. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.
• Hebrews 11:30Faith caused the walls of Jericho to fall after the Israelites marched around them for seven days.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Gates, and bars - literally, “Double gates and a bar.” The stone doors of Bashan, their height pointing to a race of great stature, and the numerous cities (deserted) exist to illustrate the statements of these verses.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11See Numbers 21:33–35.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-83-8. Argob was the capital of a district in Bashan of the same name, which, together with other fifty-nine cities in the same province, were conspicuous for their lofty and fortified walls. It was a war of extermination. Houses and cities were razed to the ground; all classes of people were put to the sword; and nothing was saved but the cattle, of which an immense amount fell as spoil into the hands of the conquerors. Thus, the two Amorite kings and the…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 3:5

• Canaan
• Gates
• Israel
• Og
• Reubenites
• Walls, of the Cities

In the dictionaries

• Bashan
• City
• Encourage
• Meet
• Og
• Region
• Sihon
• Strengthen
• Suffice
• Villages

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings