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 over to us Og, king of Bashan, with all his people, and we struck them until no survivor was left. 4We captured all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns. 6We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city. 7But all the animals and the spoils of the cities we took as our plunder.

Deuteronomy 3:5 word by word

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

• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• were citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• fortifiedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• with highגָּבֹהַּgâbôhha gâbôhha · highH1364
• wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• gatesדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817
• and barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
• besidesבַּדbad · alone: besidesH905
• besidesמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• a greatמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• manyרָבָהrâbâh · to multiplyH7235
• unwalledפְּרָזִיperâzîy perôzîy · villagerH6521

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:5

• Deuteronomy 1:28Where can we go up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, by saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.”’
• Numbers 13:28Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And indeed, we saw the descendants of Anak there!
• Hebrews 11:30By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after the Israelites had 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