4 Mose 13:19

Elberfelder Bibel

und wie das Land ist, in welchem es wohnt, ob es gut oder schlecht ist; und wie die Städte sind, in denen es wohnt, ob es in Lagern oder in Festungen wohnt;

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
und was es für ein Land sei, darin sie wohnen, ob es gut oder schlecht sei, und was für Städte es seien, darin sie wohnen, ob es offene Orte oder Festungen seien,

Lutherbible (1912)
und was es für ein Land ist, darin sie wohnen, ob's gut oder böse sei; und was für Städte sind, darin sie wohnen, ob sie in Gezelten oder Festungen wohnen;

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Exodus 3:8 - unto a good

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be] good or bad,.... Whether the air is good, the climate temperate, and the earth well watered, and has good convenience of springs, fountains, and rivers, and so wholesome or healthful; or otherwise, which is the first thing they were directed to observe, though here put in the second place:

and what cities [they be] they dwell in, whether in tents or strong holds; whether in tents, as the Israelites now lived, and as the Kedarenes, as Aben Ezra notes, and other Arabians, who encamped in tents, or who dwelt in villages, and unwalled towns, unfortified cities, according to the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; or whether in fortified cities, towns, and garrisons; by which it would appear whether it would be easy to come at them, and fall upon them, or difficult to subdue and conquer them; for if their cities were fortified, it would not be so easy to take them, and would require time. Jarchi thinks, that by this it might be known whether they were men of strength and courage, or whether weak and fearful persons; seeing if they dwelt in villages they were strong men, and depended on their own strength, but if they dwelt in fortified cities, they were weak.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In tents - i. e. in open unwalled villages.