In tents - that is, in open unwalled villages.

Whether in tents.— Better, in camps, that is, in open villages and hamlets, as contrasted with strongholds or fortified p…

And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be]
good or bad
Whether the ai…

A memorable and melancholy history is related in this and the following chapter, concerning Israel's turning back from the borders of Canaan and th…