Text -- Deuteronomy 3:5 (NET)

3:5 All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 3:5

¹ tn Or “high walls and barred gates” (NLT); Heb “high walls, gates, and bars.” Since “bars” could be understood to mean “saloons,” the qualifying adjective “locking” has been supplied in the translation.

² tn The Hebrew term פְּרָזִי (pÿraziy) refers to rural areas, at the most “unwalled villages” (KJV, NASB “unwalled towns”).