Deuteronomy 3:5 - Easy To Read Version All these cities were very strong. They had high walls, gates, and strong bars on the gates. There were also many towns that did not have walls. 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 defeated powerful cities.\par They took the fertile land.\par They got houses filled with good things.\par They got wells that were already dug.\par They got vineyards, olive trees, and plenty of fruit trees!\par They ate until they were full and fat.\par They enjoyed all the wonderful things\par you gave them.\par
So, the Jews that live in the country and small villages celebrate Purim on the 14th day Adar. They keep the 14th day as a happy holiday. On that day they have parties and give presents to each other.
But the people living there are very powerful. The cities are very large. The cities are strongly defended. We even saw some Anakite [177] people there.
Where can we go now? Our brothers (the twelve spies) have made us afraid with their report. They said: The people there are bigger and taller than we are! The cities are big and have walls as high as the sky! And we saw giants [6] there!’
Then we took all the cities that belonged to Og at that time. We took all the cities from Og’s people—60 cities in the area of Argob, Og’s kingdom in Bashan.
We destroyed them just like we destroyed the cities of Sihon king of Heshbon. We completely destroyed every city and all the people in them, even the women and the babies.
And the walls of Jericho fell because of the faith of God’s people. The people marched around the walls of Jericho for seven days, and then the walls fell.
And the Philistines also sent golden models of mice. The number of these golden mice was the same number as the towns that belonged to the five Philistine rulers. These towns had walls around them. And each town had villages around it.