Deuteronomy 3

1 Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

2 But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

3 So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.

4 At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

5 All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.

6 We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

7 But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.

8 At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—

9 which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—

10 all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.

11 (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

12 So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.

13 To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)

14 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.

15 To Machir I gave Gilead,

16 and to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.

17 The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.

18 At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.

19 But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,

20 until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”

21 And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own 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 you are about to enter.

22 Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”

23 At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:

24 “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

25 Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”

26 But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.

27 Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.

28 But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”

29 So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.

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

2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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

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

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

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

9 ([Which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)

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

11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

12 ¶ And this land, [which] we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, [being] the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the 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 unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.

15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon;

17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast [thereof], from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.

18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all [that are] meet for the war.

19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, ([for] I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;

20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and [until] they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and [then] shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.

21 ¶ And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.

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

24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that [is] beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.

27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold [it] with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

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

29 So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.

1 And we turned, and went up the way to Bashan. And Og king of Bashan went out to meet us, and all his people, to fight at Edrei.

2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people with his land; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which sat at Heshbon.

3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hand Og king of Bashan, and all his people, and we smote him, until there was nothing left for him.

4 And we took all his cities at that time, and there was not a city that we took not from him; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, in the kingdom of Ogs in Bashan.

5 All these cities were strong, with high walls, gates, and bars, without other very many spots without walls.

6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did Sihon king of Heshbon. And we utterly destroyed all the cities, both men, and women, and children.

7 But all the cattle and spoil of the cities we stole for ourselves.

8 So at that time we took the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon,

9 Whom the Zidonians call Sirion, but the Amorites call him Senir;

10 Cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salcah and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

11 For Og king of Bashan alone was left of the giants. Behold, his bed of iron is here in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, nine cubits long, and four cubits broad, according to a man's elbow.

12 And we took the land at that time from Aroer, which is by the river of Arnon. And I gave half the mountains of Gilead with their cities unto the Reubenites and Gadites.

13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan of the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh, and all the region of Argob unto all Bashan; that is, the land of the giants.

14 And Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob unto the border of Gessuri and Maachathi; and called Bashan by his name Havoth-jair unto this day.

15 And to Machir I gave Gilead.

16 And to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave a portion of Gilead unto the brook that is by Arnon in the midst of the brook, which is the border, and unto the brook Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

17 And the plain, and Jordan, which is the border, from Cinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, which is the salt sea, under mount Pisgah eastward.

18 And he commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess: go ye therefore armed before your brethren the children of Israel, which are valiant;

19 Without your wives, and your children, and your cattle (for I know that ye have much cattle), let them abide in your cities which I have given you;

20 Until the LORD also bring your brethren to rest, as he did unto you, that they also may possess the land which the LORD your God shall give them beyond Jordan: then shall ye return unto your possession, which I have given you.

21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings. So shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms that thou shalt go.

22 Fear them not: for the LORD your God fighteth for you.

23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying:

24 O LORD, O LORD, thou hast set forth thy glory and thy mighty hand to thy servant. For where is there a God in heaven and in the ends, that can be like unto thy works and like unto thy might?

25 Let me go and see the good land beyond Jordan, this good mountain, and Lebanon.

26 But the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me, but said unto me, Let it be no more; say no more of this unto me.

27 Go up to the top of mount Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes toward the even, and toward the north, and toward the south, and toward the east, and see with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

28 And give Joshua charge, that he may be confident and undaunted: for he shall pass over Jordan before the people, and shall divide unto them the land which thou shalt see.

29 So we stayed in the valley against the house of Peor.