Deut 1:28

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discouraged. Heb. melted.

Deut 20:8; *marg:

Exod 15:15; Josh 2:9; Josh 2:11; Josh 2:24

Josh 14:8; Isa 13:7; Ezek 21:7

The people.

Deut 9:1; Deut 9:2; Num 13:28-33

walled.

That is, with very high walls, which could not be easily scaled.

Harmer says, high walls are still to be seen in Arabia, and are deemed a sufficient defence against the Arabs, who scarcely ever attempt to plunder except on horseback.

The monastery on Mount Sinai, and the convent of St. Anthony in Egypt, are surrounded with a very high wall, without gates; the persons and things being taken up and let down through an opening in the upper part, by means of a pulley and a basket. This kind of walling is a sufficient defence. we have seen.

Deut 9:2; Josh 11:22; Josh 15:14; Judg 1:10; Judg 1:20; 2Sam 21:16-22