Deuteronomy 3:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised All these were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a large number of rural villages. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All these cities were fortified with high and haughty walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled villages. American Standard Version (1901) All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many. Common English Bible Each of these towns was fortified with high walls, double gates, and crossbars. Outside the towns there were also a great number of villages. Catholic Public Domain Version All the cities were fortified with very high walls, and with gates and bars, in addition to innumerable villages which had no walls. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All the cities were fenced with very high walls, and with gates and bars: besides innumerable towns that had no walls. |
They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took possession of well-supplied houses, cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate, were filled, became prosperous, and delighted in your great goodness.
This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another.
However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there.
Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart, , saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. We also saw the descendants of the Anakim there.”
We captured all his cities at that time. There wasn’t a city that we didn’t take from them: sixty cities, the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
We completely destroyed them, as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon, destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being marched round by the Israelites for seven days.
The number of gold mice also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities of the five rulers, the fortified cities and the outlying villages. The large rock , on which the ark of the Lord was placed is still in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh today.