Deuteronomy 3

Defeat of Og of Bashan

3“Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan ^vcame out against us with his whole army to do battle at Edrei. ^w2But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, ^xwho lived in Heshbon.’ ³So the Lord our God also handed over Og king of Bashan and his whole army to us. We struck him until there was no survivor left. ^y4We captured all his cities at that time. There wasn’t a city that we didn’t take from them: 60 cities, the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. ⁵All these were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a large number of rural villages. ⁶We completely destroyed them, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying the men, women, and children of every city. ⁷But we took all the livestock and the spoil from the cities as plunder for ourselves. ^z

The Land of the Transjordan Tribes

⁸“At that time we took the land from the two Amorite kings across the Jordan, ^afrom the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon, ⁹which the Sidonians call Sirion, but the Amorites call Senir, ¹⁰all the cities of the plateau, Gilead, and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. ^b11(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. ^cHis bed was made of iron. ^dIsn’t it in Rabbah of the Ammonites? ^eIt is 13 feet six inches long and six feet wide by a standard measure. ^f) ^g

¹²“At that time we took possession of this land. ^hI gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending from Aroer by the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead along with its cities. ¹³I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh the rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og. The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim. ¹⁴Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took over the entire region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He called Bashan by his own name, Jair’s Villages, ⁱas it is today. ¹⁵I gave Gilead to Machir, ¹⁶and I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending 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 Arabah and Jordan are also borders from Chinnereth ^jas far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east. ^k

¹⁸“I commanded you at that time: The Lord your God has given you this land to possess. All your fighting men will cross over in battle formation ahead of your brothers the Israelites. ¹⁹But your wives, young children, and livestock—I know that you have a lot of livestock—will remain in the cities I have given you ^l20until the Lord gives rest ^mto your brothers as He has to you, and they also take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession that I have given you. ⁿ

The Transfer of Israel’s Leadership

²¹“I commanded Joshua at that time: Your own eyes have seen everything 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. ²²Don’t be afraid of them, for the Lord your God fights for you.

²³“At that time I begged the Lord: ²⁴Lord God, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can perform deeds and mighty acts like Yours? ²⁵Please let me cross over and see the beautiful land ^oon the other side of the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.

²⁶“But the Lord was angry with me on account of you and would not listen to me. The Lord said to me, ‘That’s enough! Do not speak to Me again about this matter. ²⁷Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west, north, south, and east, and see it with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan. ^p28But commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit this land that you will see.’ ^q29So we stayed in the valley facing Beth-peor.