Deu 1:28, 23:9, Judg 7:3, Luk 9:62, Act 15:37-38, Rev 3:16, 21:8 | TSK | STEP | discouraged. Heb. melted. The people. 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.

‏ Deuteronomy 1:28

discouraged. Heb. melted.

The people.

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.

9:2; Jos 11:22; 15:14; Jud 1:10,20; 2Sa 21:16-22

‏ Deuteronomy 23:9

Jos 6:18; 7:11-13; Jud 20:26; 2Ch 19:4; 20:3-13; 31:20,21; 32:1-22

Lu 3:14; Re 19:11-14

‏ Judges 7:3

Whosoever.

De 20:8; Mt 13:21; Lu 14:25-33; Re 17:14; 21:8

mount Gilead.Gideon was certainly not at mount Gilead, east of Jordan at this time; but rather near mount Gilboa, west of Jordan. Calmet thinks there must either have been two Gileads, which does not appear from Scripture to have been the case, or that the Hebrew text is corrupt, and that for Gilead we should read Gilboa. This reading, though adopted by Houbigant, is not confirmed by an MS. or version. Dr. Hales endeavours to reconcile the whole, by the supposition that in Gideon's army there were many eastern Manassites from mount Gilead, near the Midianites; and therefore proposes to read, "Whosoever from mount Gilead is fearful and afraid, let him return (home) and depart early."

twenty.

Mt 20:16