5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
5 All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages.
5 All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.
5 All these cities were fortress cities with high walls and barred gates. There were also numerous unwalled villages.
5 All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns.
5 These towns were all fortified with high walls and barred gates. We also took many unwalled villages at the same time.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:5
Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:1-11
(Read Deuteronomy 3:1-11)
1-11 Og was very powerful, but he did not take warning by the ruin of Sihon, and desire conditions of peace. He trusted his own strength, and so was hardened to his destruction. Those not awakened by the judgments of God on others, ripen for the like judgments on themselves.