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We also took many unwalled villages at the same time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />All these cities <i>were</i> fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />All these cities <i>were</i> fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />All these cities were fortified <i>and</i> unassailable with their high walls, gates, and bars; in addition, [there were] a very great number of unwalled villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All these were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a large number of rural villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />All these were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a large number of rural villages. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />All these were cities fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />All these towns were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars to lock the gates, and there were also many villages without walls. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />All of these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars. Furthermore, there were very many unwalled regions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides unwalled towns a great number.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, in addition to a great many villages without walls. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />All these [are] cities fortified with high walls, double gates, and bar, apart from very many cities of the open place;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> All these are cities fenced with high walls, two-leaved doors and bar, apart from cities of villages very many;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />All these cities fortified with high walls, doors and bars; besides of cities of the open country exceedingly many.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />All the cities were fenced with very high walls, and with gates and bars, be- sides innumerable towns that had no walls. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />All the cities were fortified with very high walls, and with gates and bars, in addition to innumerable villages which had no walls.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />all these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars—besides a great number of unwalled towns.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />All these were fortress towns with high walls, double gates, and bars, besides a great many villages.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the suburban towns a great many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />All these cities whose walls are fortified and their gates and their bars raised, apart from very many towns of open spaces.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />All these were fortified cities, with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the unwalled towns a great many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />all strong cities, lofty walls, gates and bars; besides the very many cities of the Pherezites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=840" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/3.htm">The Defeat of King Og</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rîm (N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/1219.htm" title="1219: bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose. A primitive root; to clip off; specifically to gather grapes; also to be isolated.">were fortified</a> <a href="/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364: ḡə·ḇō·hāh (Adj-fs) -- High, exalted. Or gabowahh; from gabahh; elevated, powerful, arrogant.">with high</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ḥō·w·māh (N-fs) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">walls</a> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="1817: də·lā·ṯa·yim (N-fd) -- A door. From dalah; something swinging, i.e. The valve of a door.">and gates</a> <a href="/hebrew/1280.htm" title="1280: ū·ḇə·rî·aḥ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A bar. From barach; a bolt.">and bars,</a> <a href="/hebrew/905.htm" title="905: lə·ḇaḏ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Separation, a part. ">and there were</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: mê·‘ā·rê (Prep-m:: N-fpc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7235.htm" title="7235: har·bêh (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To be or become much, many or great. A primitive root; to increase.">many more</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6521.htm" title="6521: hap·pə·rā·zî (Art:: N-ms) -- Hamlet dweller. Or prowziy; from prazah; a rustic.">unwalled villages.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Joshua 11:12</a></span><br />Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/10-20.htm">Joshua 10:20</a></span><br />So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-5.htm">2 Chronicles 8:5</a></span><br />He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-19.htm">1 Kings 9:19</a></span><br />as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/12-1.htm">Joshua 12:1-24</a></span><br />Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward: / Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead, / as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/13-10.htm">Joshua 13:10</a></span><br />and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/21-42.htm">Joshua 21:42</a></span><br />Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-18.htm">1 Samuel 6:18</a></span><br />The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">2 Samuel 8:6</a></span><br />Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/18-1.htm">1 Chronicles 18:1</a></span><br />Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/17-2.htm">2 Chronicles 17:2</a></span><br />He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/34-7.htm">Jeremiah 34:7</a></span><br />as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm">Matthew 11:20-24</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. / “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13-15</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a></span><br />And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/1-28.htm">Deuteronomy 1:28</a></b></br> Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people <i>is</i> greater and taller than we; the cities <i>are</i> great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-28.htm">Numbers 13:28</a></b></br> Nevertheless the people <i>be</i> strong that dwell in the land, and the cities <i>are</i> walled, <i>and</i> very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30</a></b></br> By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/1-37.htm">Addition</a> <a href="/numbers/31-52.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/numbers/4-31.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/numbers/35-6.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/exodus/38-8.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-36.htm">High</a> <a href="/numbers/6-5.htm">Locks</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-3.htm">Round</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-4.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-31.htm">Two-Leaved</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Unwalled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-23.htm">Villages</a> <a href="/numbers/35-27.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/4-2.htm">Addition</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-25.htm">Bars</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-35.htm">Besides</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-7.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-9.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-39.htm">High</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-25.htm">Locks</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-14.htm">Round</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-7.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-5.htm">Two-Leaved</a> <a href="/joshua/13-23.htm">Unwalled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-14.htm">Villages</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Walls</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-1.htm">The conquest of Og, king of Bashan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-11.htm">This size of his bed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-12.htm">The distribution of his lands to the two tribes and half</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-23.htm">Moses prays to enter into the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-26.htm">He is permitted to see it</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>All these cities were fortified with high walls</b><br>The phrase refers to the cities in the region of Bashan, which were part of the territory conquered by the Israelites under Moses' leadership. Fortified cities with high walls were common in ancient Near Eastern cultures as a means of defense against invaders. The presence of such fortifications indicates the strength and advanced state of the societies that inhabited these areas. This detail underscores the miraculous nature of Israel's victories, as they were able to conquer well-defended cities despite being a nomadic people without a standing army. The high walls symbolize human strength and security, which are ultimately overcome by God's power, as seen in the fall of Jericho (Joshua 6).<p><b>and gates and bars</b><br>Gates and bars were essential components of ancient city defenses, controlling access and providing security. The mention of these features highlights the completeness of the fortifications, suggesting that these cities were well-prepared for siege warfare. In biblical symbolism, gates often represent authority and power, as seen in passages like <a href="/matthew/16-18.htm">Matthew 16:18</a>, where Jesus speaks of the "gates of Hades." The overcoming of these gates by the Israelites can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's ultimate victory over the powers of darkness.<p><b>and there were many more unwalled villages</b><br>The unwalled villages contrast with the fortified cities, indicating a diversity of settlement types within the region. These villages were likely more vulnerable to attack and less politically significant than the fortified cities. The mention of unwalled villages suggests the comprehensive nature of Israel's conquest, as they did not only target major urban centers but also smaller, less defended communities. This detail reflects the thoroughness of God's judgment on the Canaanite nations, as prophesied in <a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a>, and the fulfillment of His promise to give the land to the descendants of Abraham.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites who is recounting their journey and victories as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are on the brink of entering the land promised to them by God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/o/og,_king_of_bashan.htm">Og, King of Bashan</a></b><br>The Amorite king defeated by the Israelites, whose territory included the fortified cities mentioned in this verse.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bashan.htm">Bashan</a></b><br>A region east of the Jordan River, known for its fertile land and strong cities, which was conquered by the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/fortified_cities.htm">Fortified Cities</a></b><br>These cities represent the strength and security of the enemy, yet they were overcome by the Israelites through God's power.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a></b><br>The fortified cities symbolize human strength and security, yet they fall before God's will. Trust in God's sovereignty over all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_over_fear.htm">Faith Over Fear</a></b><br>The Israelites faced daunting obstacles, yet their faith in God's promises led to victory. In our lives, faith should triumph over fear of the unknown or seemingly impossible challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites faced physical fortified cities, Christians face spiritual strongholds. Rely on God's power and spiritual weapons to overcome these challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_and_obedience.htm">Preparation and Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites' victory was preceded by preparation and obedience to God's commands. Prepare spiritually and obey God's word to see His promises fulfilled.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_support.htm">Community and Support</a></b><br>The mention of unwalled villages alongside fortified cities highlights the importance of community. Support and protect one another in faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_jerusalem's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Jerusalem's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where's_the_evidence_for_60_cities.htm">Deuteronomy 3:4 claims Israel took over 60 fortified cities—where is the archaeological evidence for such cities? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_was_nineveh_a_3-day_journey_across.htm">Jonah 3:3 - How could Nineveh realistically be so large that it required a three-day journey to cross?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_commend_rahab's_deceit_in_james_2_25.htm">Why does the New Testament (James 2:25) commend Rahab's actions when they involved deception and potential betrayal of her city?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">All these cities</span> were <span class="cmt_word">fenced with high walls, gates, and bars</span>; literally, <span class="accented">double gates and a bar</span>. These cities, with their marvelous erections, are believed to be still existing in the Hauran. Over that district tire strewn a multitude of towns of various sizes, all constructed after the same remarkable fashion. "The streets are perfect, the walls perfect, and, what seems more astonish. tug, the stone doors are still hanging on their hinges, so little impression has been made during these many centuries on the hard and durable stone of which they are built" (Graham, <span class="accented">Cambridge Essays</span>, p. 160). These doors are "formed of slabs of stone, opening on pivots which are projecting parts of the stone itself, and working in sockets in the lintel and threshold." Some of these gates are large enough to admit of a camel passing through them, and the doors are of proportionate dimensions, some of the stones of which they are formed being eighteen inches in thickness. The roofs also are formed of huge stone slabs resting on the massive walls. All betoken the workmanship of a race endowed with powers far exceeding those of ordinary men; and give credibility to the supposition that we have in them the dwellings of the giant race that occupied that district before it was invaded by the Israelites. "We could not help," says Mr. Graham, "being impressed with the belief that had we never known anything of the early portion of Scripture history before visiting this country, we should have been forced to the conclusion that its original inhabitants, the people who had constructed those cities, were not only a powerful and mighty nation, but individuals of greater strength than ourselves." Ver. 6. - (See <a href="/deuteronomy/2-34.htm">Deuteronomy 2:34</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">All</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֜לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cities</span><br /><span class="heb">עָרִ֧ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were fortified</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּצֻר֛וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1219.htm">Strong's 1219: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut off, make inaccessible, enclose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with high</span><br /><span class="heb">גְבֹהָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḡə·ḇō·hāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1364.htm">Strong's 1364: </a> </span><span class="str2">Elevated, powerful, arrogant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">walls</span><br /><span class="heb">חוֹמָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·w·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wall of protection</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gates</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּלָתַ֣יִם</span> <span class="translit">(də·lā·ṯa·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fd<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1817.htm">Strong's 1817: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something swinging, the valve of a, door</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and bars,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְרִ֑יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·rî·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1280.htm">Strong's 1280: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bolt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and there were</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַ֛ד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_905.htm">Strong's 905: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many more</span><br /><span class="heb">הַרְבֵּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(har·bêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7235.htm">Strong's 7235: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become much, many or great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unwalled villages.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפְּרָזִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pə·rā·zî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6521.htm">Strong's 6521: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hamlet dweller</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">Deuteronomy 3:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/3-5.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 3:5 All these were cities fortified with high (Deut. 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