Deuteronomy 3

King Og Defeated

3“Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan; and ^aOg king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle ^bat Edrei. ²And the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand; you shall do to him as you did to ^cSihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.’

³“So the Lord our God also delivered into our hands Og king of Bashan, with all his people, and we ¹attacked him until he had no survivors remaining. ⁴And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, ^dall the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. ⁵All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many rural towns. ⁶And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king ^eof Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city. ⁷But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.

⁸“And at that time we took the ^fland from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were on this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount ^gHermon ⁹(the Sidonians call ^hHermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir), ¹⁰ⁱall the cities of the plain, all Gilead, and ^jall Bashan, as far as Salcah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

^11k“For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of ^lthe ²giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in ^mRabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.

The Land East of the Jordan Divided

¹²“And this ⁿland, which we possessed at that time, ^ofrom Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, and half the mountains of Gilead and ^pits cities, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites. ^13qThe rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the ³giants. ^14rJair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, ^sas far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and ^tcalled Bashan after his own name, ⁴Havoth Jair, to this day.)

¹⁵“Also I gave ^uGilead to Machir. ¹⁶And to the Reubenites ^vand the Gadites I gave from Gilead as far as the River Arnon, the middle of the river as the border, as far as the River Jabbok, ^wthe border of the people of Ammon; ¹⁷the plain also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth ^xas far as the east side of the Sea of the Arabah ^y(the Salt Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.

¹⁸“Then I commanded you at that time, saying: ‘The Lord your God has given you this land to possess. ^zAll you men of valor shall cross over armed before your brethren, the children of Israel. ¹⁹But your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall stay in your cities which I have given you, ²⁰until the Lord has given ^arest to your brethren as to you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may ^breturn to his possession which I have given you.’

²¹“And ^cI commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings; so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms through which you pass. ²²You must not fear them, for ^dthe Lord your God Himself fights for you.’

Moses Forbidden to Enter the Land

²³“Then ^eI pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying: ²⁴‘O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant ^fYour greatness and Your ⁵mighty hand, for ^gwhat god is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds? ²⁵I pray, let me cross over and see ^hthe good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.’

²⁶“But the Lord ⁱwas angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me. So the Lord said to me: ‘Enough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter. ^27jGo up to the top of Pisgah, and lift your eyes toward the west, the north, the south, and the east; behold it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan. ²⁸But ^kcommand ⁶Joshua, and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’

²⁹“So we stayed in ^lthe valley opposite Beth Peor.