Deuteronomy 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gates, 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 stat...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside (b) unwalled towns a great many. (b) As villages and small towns.
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A shorter account of the victory over Og, king of Bashan, occurs in Numbers 21:33-35 , based on the present passage, the first person plural being changed to the third to suit the new context.
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cities. See note on Deuteronomy 3:4 .
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

First Discourse ( Deuteronomy 1:14 to Deuteronomy 4:43 ) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promi...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

These details are not given in Numbers. Professor Porter, in the Griant Cities of Bashan, has well described the impression made upon him by verifying this description in detail. “The whole of Bash...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1-46 ; Deuteronomy 2:1-37 ; Deuteronomy 3:1-29 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two ve...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Inheritance of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh Deuteronomy 3:1-22 Sihon's defeat, described in the previous chapter, compelled his ally Og to take the field and oppose the further advance of Israe...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This victory was considered so important (as no doubt it was) that we find the church celebrating it in a song of praise in one Psalm, and echoing to the same again in another. See Psalms 125:5 , an...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars ,.... That is, all the cities in the kingdom of Bashan; and though they were, it hindered not their falling into the hands of the Israel...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. Ver. 5. All those cities. ] And they were threescore. How well might Moses have been styled πτο...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

OG, KING OF BASHAN, DEFEATED (vs.1-11) The history of Og's defeat is in Numbers 21:33-35 . Moses recounts this. Og and his people came out against Israel to battle, just as the ungodly would opp...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sihon and Og Subdued. B. C. 1451. 1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and O...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

High walls, gates, and bars; which may encourage you in your attempt upon Canaan, notwithstanding the fenced cities which the spies told you of, and you must expect to find.
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 3 The Defeat of Og and the Division of Transjordan. The first three verses of this chapter are an almost exact reproduction of Numbers 21:33-35 ) with slight changes to fit it into speec...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .— Conquest of Og . Israel were able to advance to the Jordan after the defeat of Sihon and the conquest of his land. But Og, the Amonitish King, still kept the northern half of Gilea...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 3:9 . Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion. The LXX, willing to adapt the language of the sacred writings to their own age, say, “Which Hermon the Phœnicians call Sanior.” See notes...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, king of Bashan. Mastery of formidable enemies See-- 1. How they got the mastery of Og, a very formidable prince. (1) Very strong, for...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Deuteronomy 3:1-5 CONQUEST OF OG , KING OF BASHAN . The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory taken by the Moabites and the Edomites from th...
Deuteronomy 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Overthrow of King Og of Bashan
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 1:28 ; Hebrews 11:30 ; Numbers 13:28
Deuteronomy 3:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Turning Backward Deuteronomy 2:1-37 and Deuteronomy 3:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Last week we closed with God's refusal to permit the Children of Israel to go into the land of Canaan. They...

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 3:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary