Deuteronomy 1:28

26 ^a“Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God;

27 and you ^acomplained in your tents, and said, ‘Because the Lord ^bhates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

28 Where can we go up? Our brethren have¹ discouraged our hearts, saying, ^a“The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the ^bAnakim there.” ’

29 “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, ^aor afraid of them.

30 ^aThe Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,

31 and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a ^aman carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Deuteronomy 1:28

Cities - walled up to heaven - That is, with very high walls which could not be easily scaled. High walls around houses, etc., in these parts of Arabia are still deemed a sufficient defense against the Arabs, who scarcely ever attempt any thing in the way of plunder but on horseback. The monastery on Mount Sinai is surrounded with very high walls without any gate; in the upper part of the wall there is a sort of window, or opening, from which a basket is suspended by a pulley, by which both persons and goods are received into and sent from the place. It is the same with the convent of St. Anthony, in Egypt; and this sort of wall is deemed a sufficient defense against the Arabs, who, as we have already observed, scarcely ever like to alight from their horses.

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