THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY

 

Deuteronomy Chapter 3

1 ¶ Then we turned, and went up the road to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan, he and all his people, came out against us to battle at Edrei.

2 And the LORD said to me, Do not be afraid of him: for I will deliver him, all his people, and his land, into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.

3 So the LORD our God also delivered Og the king of Bashan into our hands, with all his people: and we struck him until no survivor was left.

4 And we captured all his cities at that time, there was not a city that we did not take from them, sixty cities, the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; besides a great many unwalled towns.

6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

7 But we took all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, as a prey for ourselves.

8 And at that time we took the land that was on this side of the Jordan out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites, from the river of Arnon to mount Hermon;

9 (The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)

10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, as far as Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

11 For Og king of Bashan was the last survivor remaining of the giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn’t it in Rabbath of the Ammonites? Its length was nine cubits, and its breadth was four cubits, after the cubit of a man.

12 ¶ When we took possession of this land at that time, I gave the land from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the river Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, with its cities, to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, which was the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh; the entire region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.

14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob to the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and renamed it Bashanhavothjair, after his own name.

15 And I gave Gilead to Machir.

16 And I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites the area extending from Gilead to the river Arnon, the middle of the valley was the border, and up to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

17 The plain also, with the Jordan as a boundary, from Chinnereth to the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the slopes of pisgah on the east.

18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God has given you this land to possess: all who are suited for war shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel.

19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that you have many cattle,) shall remain in your cities which I have given you;

20 Until the LORD has given peace to your brethren, as well as to you, and until they also possess the land that the LORD your God has given them beyond the Jordan: and then you may each return to his possession, which I have given you.

21 ¶ And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings: the LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms to which you are going.

22 You shall not fear them: for the LORD your God will fight for you.

23 And I sought the LORD at that time, saying,

24 O Lord GOD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or on earth, who can do the things you do, or do such mighty acts as you?

25 I pray you, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, its pleasant hills, and Lebanon.

26 But the LORD was angry with me on your account, and would not hear me: and the LORD said to me, Do not say anything more to me about this matter.

27 Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes westward, northward, southward, and eastward, and look at it with your eyes: for you shall not cross over the Jordan.

28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.

29 So we remained in the valley opposite Bethpeor.