Deuteronomy 3:5

All of these towns were fortified with high walls and gates with bars. There were many more villages as well, those that didn't have walls.

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In The King James Version

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

In Context

4We also captured all his towns. There wasn't a single town among all the sixty that we didn't capture. This included the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

6We set them apart for destruction, just as we did to Sihon, king of Heshbon, killing all the men, women, and children of every city.

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Cross References

Numbers 13:28But the people living there are strong, and their towns are big and have defensive walls. We also saw some descendants of Anak there.

Hebrews 11:30Trusting in God, the Israelites marched around the walls of Jericho for seven days, and the walls fell down.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:2-12

Sihon and Og Subdued. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 2 And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was… Read the whole commentary →

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