Deuteronomy 3 (UDB)

1"Then we turned north and went toward the region of Bashan. Og, the king of that area, and all his soldiers marched south to fight against us at the city of Edrei.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.

2Yahweh said to me, 'Do not be afraid of him, because I will enable your army to defeat him and all his army and to capture all their land. Do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people, who ruled in Heshbon.'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.”

3So Yahweh enabled us to defeat King Og and all his army. We killed them all; we did not allow any of them to remain alive.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.

4There were sixty cities in that region of Argob, in King Og's kingdom of Bashan. But we captured all of them.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.

5All those cities had high walls around them with gates and bars. We also captured many villages that did not have walls around them.All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.

6We completely destroyed everything, just as we had done in the area that King Sihon ruled. We killed all the men, women, and children.We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

7But from those cities we took for ourselves all the livestock and other valuable things.But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.

8So at that time we took from those two kings of the Amor people all the land east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon River gorge in the south to Mount Hermon in the north."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(That mountain is called Sirion by the people of the city of Sidon and is called Senir by the Amor people.)which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—

10"We captured all the towns on the plateau, and all the region of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far east as the cities of Edrei and Salekah, which also belonged to Og's kingdom."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(Og was the last king who was a descendant of the Repha giants. His bed was made of iron. It was four meters long and two meters wide. It was in the city of Rabbah in the region of Ammon.)(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"From the land that we captured at that time, I allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the land north of the city of Aroer near the Arnon River, and some of the hill country of Gilead, along with the nearby cities.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.

13The other part of Gilead and all of Bashan, which was the region of Argob that King Og had ruled, I allotted to half of the tribe of Manasseh." (The entire region of Bashan is called the land of the Repha giants.)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 man from the tribe of Manasseh, conquered all of Bashan as far north as the border of the Geshur and Maacath territories. He gave his own name to the villages there, and he called them Havvoth Jair, which means 'the villages of Jair.'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.

15The northern part of the Gilead region I allotted to the Machir clan, who are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh.To Machir I gave Gilead,

16I allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the southern part of Gilead, extending south to the Arnon River. The middle of the river is the southern boundary. The northern boundary is the Jabbok River, which is part of the border of region of Ammon.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.

17The border extends from the plain along the east side of the Jordan valley, from Kinnereth in the north (known as the Sea of Galilee), to the Sea of Arabah (known as the Dead Sea) in the south, and to the slopes of Mount Pisgah on the east.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.

18At that time, I told you three tribes, 'Yahweh our God is giving you this land east of the Jordan River, for you to occupy. So now, your soldiers must take their weapons and go across the Jordan River ahead of the men from the other Israelite tribes to help them to conquer the land that God is going to give to them.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.

19But your wives and children and your very numerous cattle must stay in the towns that I have allotted to you.But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,

20Your men must help your fellow Israelites until Yahweh enables them to live there peacefully after they capture all the land that Yahweh our God is giving to them on the west side of the Jordan River, just like he did for you here on the east side of the river. After that, you all may return to this land that I have allotted to you.'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.”

21And I told Joshua, 'You have seen everything that Yahweh our God did to those two kings, Sihon and Og. He will do the same thing to the people who are now in the land that you will be entering.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.

22Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God is the one who will fight for you all.'Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”

23At that time, I earnestly prayed, saying,At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:

24'Yahweh our Lord, you have merely begun to show your servant that you are very great and to show me the powerful things that you can do. There is certainly no god in heaven or on earth who can do the powerful things that you have done.“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?

25So please allow me to cross the Jordan River and to see the good land on the east side, the beautiful hill country and the mountains in Lebanon.'Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”

26But Yahweh was angry with me because of what your ancestors had done, so he would not pay attention to me. Instead, he said, 'That is enough talk from you! Do not talk to me about that again!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.

27You will climb up to the top of Mount Pisgah and look toward the west and the east, toward the north and the south. You must look at it all carefully because you will not cross the Jordan River to see the land from there.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.

28But tell Joshua what he must do; encourage him to be strong because he is the one who will lead the people across the river so they can occupy the land that you will see from the top of the mountain.'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.”

29So we remained in the Jordan River valley close to the town of Beth Peor."So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.

Deuteronomy 3

The Defeat of Og

Land Division East of the Jordan

Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

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Deuteronomy 3

The Defeat of Og

Land Division East of the Jordan

Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan

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